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Recognised as Colour

#A8C69F

  • #A8C69F
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A8C69F is a green with RGB values 168, 198, 159 and HSL 106°, 25%, 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

#A8C69F#A8C69F
HEX#A8C69F
RGBrgb(168, 198, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7765, 0.6235
RGB percentages65.9%, 77.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(106.2, 25.5%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(106.2, 19.7%, 77.6%)
CMYK15.2%, 0%, 19.7%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,060,895
CSS custom property--colour: #A8C69F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.3 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#573960

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9BF9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4BDA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A7C3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 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 8.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 23.5Beige · ΔE 23.6Silver · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD9FC6
Analogous#BBC69F, #9FC6AA
Triadic#9FA8C6, #C69FA8
Split complementary#AA9FC6, #C69FBB
Tetradic#9FBBC6, #BD9FC6, #C6AA9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2ECDF
Lighter +10%#C5D9BF
Darker −10%#8BB37F
Darker −20%#6EA05F
Darker −30%#58804C
Darker −40%#426039
More saturated +25%#9ED98C
Less saturated −25%#B2B3B2

Channel breakdown

R168
G198
B159
Red168 (65.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue106.15°
Saturation (HSL)25.49%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G C6 · B 9F

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