Recognised as Colour
#A6BC97
- #A6BC97
- Green
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark seagreen
#A6BC97 is a green with RGB values 166, 188, 151 and HSL 96°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.
Colour values
#A6BC97#A6BC97
HEX#A6BC97
RGBrgb(166, 188, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7373, 0.5922
RGB percentages65.1%, 73.7%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(95.7, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(95.7, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK11.7%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,927,255
CSS custom property--colour: #A6BC97;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.46308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#594368
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AD97BC
Analogous#B9BC97, #97BC9B
Triadic#97A6BC, #BC97A6
Split complementary#9B97BC, #BC97B9
Tetradic#97B9BC, #AD97BC, #BC9B97
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G188
B151
Red166 (65.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue95.68°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G BC · B 97
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page