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Recognised as Colour

#A6EC56

  • #A6EC56
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A6EC56 is a green with RGB values 166, 236, 86 and HSL 88°, 80%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A6EC56#A6EC56
HEX#A6EC56
RGBrgb(166, 236, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9255, 0.3373
RGB percentages65.1%, 92.5%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(88, 79.8%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(88, 63.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK29.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,939,478
CSS custom property--colour: #A6EC56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.75:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#5913A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6DC43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECD662no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#A9E3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 12.3Green yellow · ΔE 20.5Pale green · ΔE 25.7Limegreen · ΔE 26.3Light green · ΔE 26.7Lawn green · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C56EC
Analogous#ECE756, #5BEC56
Triadic#56A6EC, #EC56A6
Split complementary#565BEC, #E756EC
Tetradic#56ECE7, #9C56EC, #EC565B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFBE0
Lighter +20%#D6F6B2
Lighter +10%#BEF184
Darker −10%#8EE728
Darker −20%#74C616
Darker −30%#599811
Darker −40%#3E6A0C
More saturated +25%#A7FF43
Less saturated −25%#A4D46E

Channel breakdown

R166
G236
B86
Red166 (65.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue88°
Saturation (HSL)79.79%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G EC · B 56

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