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Recognised as Colour

#ACEA8B

  • #ACEA8B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#ACEA8B is a green with RGB values 172, 234, 139 and HSL 99°, 69%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#ACEA8B#ACEA8B
HEX#ACEA8B
RGBrgb(172, 234, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9176, 0.5451
RGB percentages67.5%, 91.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(99.2, 69.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(99.2, 40.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.5%, 0%, 40.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,332,235
CSS custom property--colour: #ACEA8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#531574

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1DD84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D790no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ABE3D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 10.5Pale green · ΔE 12.7Khaki · ΔE 28Yellow green · ΔE 28.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 29.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C98BEA
Analogous#DCEA8B, #8BEA99
Triadic#8BACEA, #EA8BAC
Split complementary#998BEA, #EA8BDC
Tetradic#8BDBEA, #C98BEA, #EA998B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAFAE1
Lighter +10%#CBF2B6
Darker −10%#8DE260
Darker −20%#6EDA35
Darker −30%#57BA22
Darker −40%#438F1A
More saturated +25%#A7FB7A
Less saturated −25%#B1D99C

Channel breakdown

R172
G234
B139
Red172 (67.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue99.16°
Saturation (HSL)69.34%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AC · G EA · B 8B

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