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Recognised as Colour

#AAEC86

  • #AAEC86
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#AAEC86 is a green with RGB values 170, 236, 134 and HSL 99°, 73%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#AAEC86#AAEC86
HEX#AAEC86
RGBrgb(170, 236, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9255, 0.5255
RGB percentages66.7%, 92.5%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(98.8, 72.9%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(98.8, 43.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK28%, 0%, 43.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,670
CSS custom property--colour: #AAEC86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#551379

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3DE7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D88Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#A9E5D3no 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 text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 9.8Pale green · ΔE 11.3Yellow green · ΔE 26Khaki · ΔE 29.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 30.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C886EC
Analogous#DDEC86, #86EC95
Triadic#86AAEC, #EC86AA
Split complementary#9586EC, #EC86DD
Tetradic#86DDEC, #C886EC, #EC9586

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8FADE
Lighter +10%#C9F3B2
Darker −10%#8BE55A
Darker −20%#6CDE2E
Darker −30%#55BC1D
Darker −40%#418F17
More saturated +25%#A5FE75
Less saturated −25%#AFDB98

Channel breakdown

R170
G236
B134
Red170 (66.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue98.82°
Saturation (HSL)72.86%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G EC · B 86

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