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Recognised as Colour

#ADE6AE

  • #ADE6AE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#ADE6AE is a green with RGB values 173, 230, 174 and HSL 121°, 53%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#ADE6AE#ADE6AE
HEX#ADE6AE
RGBrgb(173, 230, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.902, 0.6824
RGB percentages67.8%, 90.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(121.1, 53.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.1, 24.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK24.8%, 0%, 24.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,782
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68534WCAG 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 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#521951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8DBABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD6B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A7E3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2Light green · ΔE 23.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6ADE5
Analogous#C8E6AD, #ADE6CB
Triadic#AEADE6, #E6AEAD
Split complementary#CBADE6, #E6ADC8
Tetradic#ADC8E6, #E6ADE5, #E6CBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFB
Lighter +10%#D4F2D5
Darker −10%#86DA87
Darker −20%#5FCE61
Darker −30%#3AC03D
Darker −40%#2E9930
More saturated +25%#A0F3A1
Less saturated −25%#BAD9BB

Channel breakdown

R173
G230
B174
Red173 (67.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue121.05°
Saturation (HSL)53.27%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G E6 · B AE

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