Colour

#ACED79

#ACED79
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#ACED79 is a green with RGB values 172, 237, 121 and HSL 94°, 76%, 70%. 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

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HEX#ACED79

RGBrgb(172, 237, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.9294, 0.4745

RGB percentages67.5%, 92.9%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(93.6, 76.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(93.6, 48.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK27.4%, 0%, 48.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,332,985

CSS custom property--colour: #ACED79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#531286

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DE6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD980no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ADE5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 14.1 Pale green · ΔE 14.2 Yellow green · ΔE 20.4 Khaki · ΔE 31.3 Limegreen · ΔE 33.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BA79ED

Analogous#E6ED79, #79ED80

Triadic#79ACED, #ED79AC

Split complementary#8079ED, #ED79E6

Tetradic#79E6ED, #BA79ED, #ED8079

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4F9D3

Lighter +10%#C8F3A6

Darker −10%#90E74C

Darker −20%#74E11F

Darker −30%#5DB518

Darker −40%#468812

More saturated +25%#AAFF67

Less saturated −25%#AEDA8C

Channel breakdown

R172

G237

B121

Red172 (67.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue93.62°

Saturation (HSL)76.32%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AC · G ED · B 79

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Colour values

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