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Recognised as Colour

#AEDD99

  • #AEDD99
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#AEDD99 is a green with RGB values 174, 221, 153 and HSL 101°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#AEDD99#AEDD99
HEX#AEDD99
RGBrgb(174, 221, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8667, 0.6
RGB percentages68.2%, 86.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(101.5, 50%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(101.5, 30.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,459,993
CSS custom property--colour: #AEDD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#512266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2D395no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCE9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ADD8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.9Light green · ΔE 20.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9Pale green · ΔE 24.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C899DD
Analogous#D0DD99, #99DDA6
Triadic#99AEDD, #DD99AE
Split complementary#A699DD, #DD99D0
Tetradic#99D0DD, #C899DD, #DDA699

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF7E6
Lighter +10%#CCEABF
Darker −10%#90D073
Darker −20%#71C44D
Darker −30%#59A637
Darker −40%#45802A
More saturated +25%#A7EE88
Less saturated −25%#B5CCAA

Channel breakdown

R174
G221
B153
Red174 (68.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue101.47°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G DD · B 99

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