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Recognised as Colour

#A9F68E

  • #A9F68E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale green

#A9F68E is a green with RGB values 169, 246, 142 and HSL 104°, 85%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale green.

Colour values

#A9F68E#A9F68E
HEX#A9F68E
RGBrgb(169, 246, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.9647, 0.5569
RGB percentages66.3%, 96.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(104.4, 85.2%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.4, 42.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK31.3%, 0%, 42.3%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,138,702
CSS custom property--colour: #A9F68E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.26:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#560971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCE786no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1E094no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A6EFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale green · ΔE 7.3Light green · ΔE 7.8Yellow green · ΔE 27.8Medium spring green · ΔE 30.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 31.3Aquamarine · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale green (#98FB98)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB8EF6
Analogous#DDF68E, #8EF6A7
Triadic#8EA9F6, #F68EA9
Split complementary#A78EF6, #F68EDD
Tetradic#8EDDF6, #DB8EF6, #F6A78E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FEEC
Lighter +10%#CDFABD
Darker −10%#85F25F
Darker −20%#61EE30
Darker −30%#45DA11
Darker −40%#36AA0E
More saturated +25%#A5FF85
Less saturated −25%#B0E79D

Channel breakdown

R169
G246
B142
Red169 (66.3%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue104.42°
Saturation (HSL)85.25%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A9 · G F6 · B 8E

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