Colour

#A9FF55

#A9FF55
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#A9FF55 is a green with RGB values 169, 255, 85 and HSL 90°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#A9FF55

RGBrgb(169, 255, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 1, 0.3333

RGB percentages66.3%, 100%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(90.4, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(90.4, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK33.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,140,949

CSS custom property--colour: #A9FF55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#5600AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEC3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE664no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Tritanopia#ABF5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 11.9 Yellow green · ΔE 21 Lawn green · ΔE 22.1 Chartreuse · ΔE 22.7 Limegreen · ΔE 26.1 Pale green · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB55FF

Analogous#FEFF55, #55FF56

Triadic#55A9FF, #FF55A9

Split complementary#5655FF, #FF55FE

Tetradic#55FEFF, #AB55FF, #FF5655

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6FFEE

Lighter +20%#DDFFBB

Lighter +10%#C3FF88

Darker −10%#8FFF22

Darker −20%#76EE00

Darker −30%#5CBB00

Darker −40%#438800

More saturated +25%#A9FF55

Less saturated −25%#A9EA6A

Channel breakdown

R169

G255

B85

Red169 (66.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue90.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A9 · G FF · B 55

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