Recognised as Colour

#A9CD6B

#A9CD6B
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#A9CD6B is a green with RGB values 169, 205, 107 and HSL 82°, 49%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#A9CD6B

RGBrgb(169, 205, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8039, 0.4196

RGB percentages66.3%, 80.4%, 42%

HSLhsl(82, 49.5%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(82, 47.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK17.6%, 0%, 47.8%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,128,171

CSS custom property--colour: #A9CD6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#563294

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C263no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1C071no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AEC5B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Light green · ΔE 21.9 Khaki · ΔE 22.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.9 Yellow green · ΔE 24.3 Pale green · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 20.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8F6BCD

Analogous#CDC06B, #78CD6B

Triadic#6BA9CD, #CD6BA9

Split complementary#6B78CD, #C06BCD

Tetradic#6BCDC0, #8F6BCD, #CD6B78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBF4DD

Lighter +20%#D5E7B7

Lighter +10%#BFDA91

Darker −10%#93C045

Darker −20%#779D35

Darker −30%#5A7728

Darker −40%#3D511B

More saturated +25%#B0E652

Less saturated −25%#A2B484

Channel breakdown

R169

G205

B107

Red169 (66.3%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue82.04°

Saturation (HSL)49.49%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A9 · G CD · B 6B

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