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Recognised as Colour

#A6E52D

  • #A6E52D
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A6E52D is a green with RGB values 166, 229, 45 and HSL 81°, 78%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A6E52D#A6E52D
HEX#A6E52D
RGBrgb(166, 229, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.898, 0.1765
RGB percentages65.1%, 89.8%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(80.5, 78%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80.5, 80.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK27.5%, 0%, 80.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,937,645
CSS custom property--colour: #A6E52D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#591AD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#ACDAC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 13.1Green yellow · ΔE 13.2Lawn green · ΔE 26Chartreuse · ΔE 26.7Limegreen · ΔE 29.1Yellow · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C2DE5
Analogous#E5C82D, #4AE52D
Triadic#2DA6E5, #E52DA6
Split complementary#2D4AE5, #C82DE5
Tetradic#2DE5C8, #6C2DE5, #E52D4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FBE3
Lighter +30%#E0F6B5
Lighter +20%#CCF088
Lighter +10%#B9EB5A
Darker −10%#8BC619
Darker −20%#6B9913
Darker −30%#4B6C0D
Darker −40%#2C3E08
More saturated +25%#AEFF13
Less saturated −25%#9DC84A

Channel breakdown

R166
G229
B45
Red166 (65.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue80.54°
Saturation (HSL)77.97%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G E5 · B 2D

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