Recognised as Colour

#A6C172

#A6C172
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A6C172 is a green with RGB values 166, 193, 114 and HSL 81°, 39%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A6C172

RGBrgb(166, 193, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7569, 0.4471

RGB percentages65.1%, 75.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(80.5, 38.9%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(80.5, 40.9%, 75.7%)

CMYK14%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,928,498

CSS custom property--colour: #A6C172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47462WCAG 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 10.49:1

Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#593E8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B86Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5B776no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#ABBAAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.9 Khaki · ΔE 22.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4 Light green · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8D72C1

Analogous#C1B472, #7FC172

Triadic#72A6C1, #C172A6

Split complementary#727FC1, #B472C1

Tetradic#72C1B4, #8D72C1, #C1727E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9F0DC

Lighter +20%#D3E0B9

Lighter +10%#BCD195

Darker −10%#90B14F

Darker −20%#738E3F

Darker −30%#566B2F

Darker −40%#3A481F

More saturated +25%#AEDA59

Less saturated −25%#9EA88B

Channel breakdown

R166

G193

B114

Red166 (65.1%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue80.51°

Saturation (HSL)38.92%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A6 · G C1 · B 72

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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