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Recognised as Colour

#AEC99B

  • #AEC99B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#AEC99B is a green with RGB values 174, 201, 155 and HSL 95°, 30%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#AEC99B#AEC99B
HEX#AEC99B
RGBrgb(174, 201, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7882, 0.6078
RGB percentages68.2%, 78.8%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(95.2, 29.9%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(95.2, 22.9%, 78.8%)
CMYK13.4%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,875
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC99B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#513664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDC298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#AFC5BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 22.3Wheat · ΔE 22.5Tan · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B69BC9
Analogous#C5C99B, #9BC99F
Triadic#9BAEC9, #C99BAE
Split complementary#9F9BC9, #C99BC5
Tetradic#9BC5C9, #B69BC9, #C99F9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFE
Lighter +20%#E4EDDD
Lighter +10%#C9DBBC
Darker −10%#93B77A
Darker −20%#78A559
Darker −30%#608447
Darker −40%#486335
More saturated +25%#ABDC88
Less saturated −25%#B1B6AE

Channel breakdown

R174
G201
B155
Red174 (68.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue95.22°
Saturation (HSL)29.87%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G C9 · B 9B

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