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Recognised as Colour

#A6E859

  • #A6E859
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A6E859 is a green with RGB values 166, 232, 89 and HSL 88°, 76%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A6E859#A6E859
HEX#A6E859
RGBrgb(166, 232, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9098, 0.349
RGB percentages65.1%, 91%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(87.7, 75.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87.7, 61.6%, 91%)
CMYK28.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,938,457
CSS custom property--colour: #A6E859;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#5917A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D848no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D364no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A9DFCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 11.4Green yellow · ΔE 23.8Pale green · ΔE 24Light green · ΔE 24.5Limegreen · ΔE 27.4Lawn green · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B59E8
Analogous#E8E259, #5FE859
Triadic#59A6E8, #E859A6
Split complementary#595FE8, #E259E8
Tetradic#59E8E2, #9B59E8, #E8595F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFBDF
Lighter +20%#D6F4B3
Lighter +10%#BEEE86
Darker −10%#8EE22C
Darker −20%#74C01B
Darker −30%#599414
Darker −40%#3E670E
More saturated +25%#A8FF42
Less saturated −25%#A4D071

Channel breakdown

R166
G232
B89
Red166 (65.1%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue87.69°
Saturation (HSL)75.66%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G E8 · B 59

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