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Recognised as Colour

#AAFF56

  • #AAFF56
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#AAFF56 is a green with RGB values 170, 255, 86 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

#AAFF56#AAFF56
HEX#AAFF56
RGBrgb(170, 255, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 1, 0.3373
RGB percentages66.7%, 100%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(90.2, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.2, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,206,486
CSS custom property--colour: #AAFF56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#5500A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEC3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FEE664no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#ACF5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 12.2Yellow green · ΔE 20.7Lawn green · ΔE 22.6Chartreuse · ΔE 23.2Limegreen · ΔE 26.3Pale green · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB56FF
Analogous#FFFF56, #56FF56
Triadic#56AAFF, #FF56AA
Split complementary#5656FF, #FF56FF
Tetradic#56FFFF, #AB56FF, #FF5656

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FFEF
Lighter +20%#DDFFBC
Lighter +10%#C4FF89
Darker −10%#90FF23
Darker −20%#77EF00
Darker −30%#5DBC00
Darker −40%#448900
More saturated +25%#AAFF56
Less saturated −25%#AAEA6B

Channel breakdown

R170
G255
B86
Red170 (66.7%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue90.18°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G FF · B 56

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