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Recognised as Colour

#A8E6A4

  • #A8E6A4
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A8E6A4 is a green with RGB values 168, 230, 164 and HSL 116°, 57%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#A8E6A4#A8E6A4
HEX#A8E6A4
RGBrgb(168, 230, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.902, 0.6431
RGB percentages65.9%, 90.2%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(116.4, 56.9%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(116.4, 28.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK27%, 0%, 28.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,069,092
CSS custom property--colour: #A8E6A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#57195B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9DAA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD4A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A3E2D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9Light green · ΔE 17.9Pale green · ΔE 21Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.3Aquamarine · ΔE 22Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 17.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2A4E6
Analogous#C9E6A4, #A4E6C1
Triadic#A4A8E6, #E6A4A8
Split complementary#C1A4E6, #E6A4C9
Tetradic#A4C9E6, #E2A4E6, #E6C1A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FCF4
Lighter +10%#CEF1CC
Darker −10%#82DB7C
Darker −20%#5BD054
Darker −30%#3CBD34
Darker −40%#2F9529
More saturated +25%#9BF596
Less saturated −25%#B5D8B3

Channel breakdown

R168
G230
B164
Red168 (65.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue116.36°
Saturation (HSL)56.9%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G E6 · B A4

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