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Recognised as Colour

#ADD8AB

  • #ADD8AB
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#ADD8AB is a green with RGB values 173, 216, 171 and HSL 117°, 37%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#ADD8AB#ADD8AB
HEX#ADD8AB
RGBrgb(173, 216, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8471, 0.6706
RGB percentages67.8%, 84.7%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(117.3, 36.6%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117.3, 20.8%, 84.7%)
CMYK19.9%, 0%, 20.8%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,393,195
CSS custom property--colour: #ADD8AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#522754

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD0A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3CBADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A9D5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 22.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 23.5Beige · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6ABD8
Analogous#C4D8AB, #ABD8BF
Triadic#ABADD8, #D8ABAD
Split complementary#BFABD8, #D8ABC4
Tetradic#ABC4D8, #D6ABD8, #D8BFAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F8F1
Lighter +10%#CFE8CE
Darker −10%#8BC888
Darker −20%#69B865
Darker −30%#4EA04A
Darker −40%#3D7D3A
More saturated +25%#9FE79C
Less saturated −25%#BBC9BA

Channel breakdown

R173
G216
B171
Red173 (67.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue117.33°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G D8 · B AB

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