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Recognised as Colour

#A8C69E

  • #A8C69E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A8C69E is a green with RGB values 168, 198, 158 and HSL 105°, 26%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#A8C69E#A8C69E
HEX#A8C69E
RGBrgb(168, 198, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7765, 0.6196
RGB percentages65.9%, 77.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(105, 26%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 20.2%, 77.6%)
CMYK15.2%, 0%, 20.2%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,060,894
CSS custom property--colour: #A8C69E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#573961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9BF9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4BCA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A7C3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 7.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 23.5Beige · ΔE 23.8Tan · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC9EC6
Analogous#BCC69E, #9EC6A8
Triadic#9EA8C6, #C69EA8
Split complementary#A89EC6, #C69EBC
Tetradic#9EBCC6, #BC9EC6, #C6A89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFE
Lighter +20%#E2ECDE
Lighter +10%#C5D9BE
Darker −10%#8BB37E
Darker −20%#6FA05E
Darker −30%#58804B
Darker −40%#426038
More saturated +25%#9ED98B
Less saturated −25%#B2B3B1

Channel breakdown

R168
G198
B158
Red168 (65.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue105°
Saturation (HSL)25.97%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G C6 · B 9E

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