Recognised as Colour

#AAE97E

#AAE97E
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#AAE97E is a green with RGB values 170, 233, 126 and HSL 95°, 71%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#AAE97E#AAE97E

HEX#AAE97E

RGBrgb(170, 233, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9137, 0.4941

RGB percentages66.7%, 91.4%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(95.3, 70.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(95.3, 45.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK27%, 0%, 45.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,200,894

CSS custom property--colour: #AAE97E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#551681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DB75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D684no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#ABE2D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 11.9 Pale green · ΔE 13.2 Yellow green · ΔE 23.1 Khaki · ΔE 29.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 31.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD7EE9

Analogous#E0E97E, #7EE987

Triadic#7EAAE9, #E97EAA

Split complementary#877EE9, #E97EE0

Tetradic#7EE0E9, #BD7EE9, #E9877E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3F8D5

Lighter +10%#C7F0AA

Darker −10%#8DE252

Darker −20%#71DA27

Darker −30%#5AB01E

Darker −40%#448417

More saturated +25%#A7FC6B

Less saturated −25%#ADD691

Channel breakdown

R170

G233

B126

Red170 (66.7%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue95.33°

Saturation (HSL)70.86%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AA · G E9 · B 7E

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