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Recognised as Colour

#AEE172

  • #AEE172
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#AEE172 is a green with RGB values 174, 225, 114 and HSL 88°, 65%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#AEE172#AEE172
HEX#AEE172
RGBrgb(174, 225, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8824, 0.4471
RGB percentages68.2%, 88.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(87.6, 64.9%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87.6, 49.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK22.7%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,460,978
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE172;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#511E8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAD468no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D079no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B2D9C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.9Pale green · ΔE 18.4Yellow green · ΔE 19.7Khaki · ΔE 26.5Dark khaki · ΔE 29.3Olivedrab · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A572E1
Analogous#E1DC72, #77E172
Triadic#72AEE1, #E172AE
Split complementary#7277E1, #DC72E1
Tetradic#72E1DC, #A572E1, #E17277

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FCF0
Lighter +20%#DEF3C6
Lighter +10%#C6EA9C
Darker −10%#96D848
Darker −20%#7DC32A
Darker −30%#629921
Darker −40%#476F18
More saturated +25%#B0F65D
Less saturated −25%#ACCC87

Channel breakdown

R174
G225
B114
Red174 (68.2%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue87.57°
Saturation (HSL)64.91%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G E1 · B 72

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