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Recognised as Colour

#A6DA4E

  • #A6DA4E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A6DA4E is a green with RGB values 166, 218, 78 and HSL 82°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A6DA4E#A6DA4E
HEX#A6DA4E
RGBrgb(166, 218, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.8549, 0.3059
RGB percentages65.1%, 85.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(82.3, 65.4%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.3, 64.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,934,862
CSS custom property--colour: #A6DA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#5925B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5CC3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDC959no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ACD0BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 7.1Light green · ΔE 26.4Pale green · ΔE 26.9Green yellow · ΔE 27.6Olivedrab · ΔE 30.4Limegreen · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#824EDA
Analogous#DAC84E, #60DA4E
Triadic#4EA6DA, #DA4EA6
Split complementary#4E60DA, #C84EDA
Tetradic#4EDAC8, #824EDA, #DA4E60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFDF7
Lighter +30%#E6F4CD
Lighter +20%#D0ECA2
Lighter +10%#BBE378
Darker −10%#8FCB2A
Darker −20%#71A022
Darker −30%#547619
Darker −40%#364C10
More saturated +25%#ADF533
Less saturated −25%#9FBF69

Channel breakdown

R166
G218
B78
Red166 (65.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue82.29°
Saturation (HSL)65.42%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G DA · B 4E

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