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Colour

#A9CE9C

  • #A9CE9C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A9CE9C is a green with RGB values 169, 206, 156 and HSL 104°, 34%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#A9CE9C#A9CE9C
HEX#A9CE9C
RGBrgb(169, 206, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.8078, 0.6118
RGB percentages66.3%, 80.8%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(104.4, 33.8%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.4, 24.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK18%, 0%, 24.3%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,128,476
CSS custom property--colour: #A9CE9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#563163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2C699no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCC29Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A8CAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 7.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.3Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 23.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C19CCE
Analogous#C2CE9C, #9CCEA8
Triadic#9CA9CE, #CE9CA9
Split complementary#A89CCE, #CE9CC2
Tetradic#9CC2CE, #C19CCE, #CEA89C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F0E0
Lighter +10%#C7DFBE
Darker −10%#8BBD7A
Darker −20%#6EAC58
Darker −30%#588C45
Darker −40%#426A34
More saturated +25%#A0E18A
Less saturated −25%#B2BCAF

Channel breakdown

R169
G206
B156
Red169 (66.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue104.4°
Saturation (HSL)33.78%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G CE · B 9C

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