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Recognised as Colour

#A8EB17

  • #A8EB17
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#A8EB17 is a green with RGB values 168, 235, 23 and HSL 79°, 84%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#A8EB17#A8EB17
HEX#A8EB17
RGBrgb(168, 235, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.9216, 0.0902
RGB percentages65.9%, 92.2%, 9%
HSLhsl(79, 84.1%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79, 90.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK28.5%, 0%, 90.2%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,070,231
CSS custom property--colour: #A8EB17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#5714E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EED538no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AFE0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 8.4Yellow green · ΔE 19.4Lawn green · ΔE 21.7Chartreuse · ΔE 22.2Yellow · ΔE 30.5Limegreen · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A17EB
Analogous#EBC417, #3EEB17
Triadic#17A8EB, #EB17A8
Split complementary#173EEB, #C417EB
Tetradic#17EBC4, #5A17EB, #EB173E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFBD3
Lighter +30%#DDF7A4
Lighter +20%#CBF375
Lighter +10%#BAEF46
Darker −10%#88BF10
Darker −20%#66900C
Darker −30%#456108
Darker −40%#233204
More saturated +25%#AFFF03
Less saturated −25%#9CCB37

Channel breakdown

R168
G235
B23
Red168 (65.9%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue78.96°
Saturation (HSL)84.13%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A8 · G EB · B 17

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