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Recognised as Colour

#A8BE8A

  • #A8BE8A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A8BE8A is a green with RGB values 168, 190, 138 and HSL 85°, 29%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#A8BE8A#A8BE8A
HEX#A8BE8A
RGBrgb(168, 190, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7451, 0.5412
RGB percentages65.9%, 74.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(85.4, 28.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(85.4, 27.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK11.6%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,058,826
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BE8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.4:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#574175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4B787no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0B68Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ABB9B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Tan · ΔE 21.7Wheat · ΔE 23.7Burlywood · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A08ABE
Analogous#BEBA8A, #8EBE8A
Triadic#8AA8BE, #BE8AA8
Split complementary#8A8EBE, #BA8ABE
Tetradic#8ABEBA, #A08ABE, #BE8A8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F5EC
Lighter +20%#D9E2CC
Lighter +10%#C0D0AB
Darker −10%#90AC69
Darker −20%#769151
Darker −30%#5B713F
Darker −40%#41502C
More saturated +25%#ACD573
Less saturated −25%#A4A7A1

Channel breakdown

R168
G190
B138
Red168 (65.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue85.38°
Saturation (HSL)28.57%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G BE · B 8A

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