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Recognised as Colour

#B1CD9E

  • #B1CD9E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#B1CD9E is a green with RGB values 177, 205, 158 and HSL 96°, 32%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#B1CD9E#B1CD9E
HEX#B1CD9E
RGBrgb(177, 205, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.8039, 0.6196
RGB percentages69.4%, 80.4%, 62%
HSLhsl(95.7, 32%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(95.7, 22.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK13.7%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,652,510
CSS custom property--colour: #B1CD9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.1:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#4E3261

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1C69Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDC4A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B2C9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 21.4Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8Wheat · ΔE 22.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9ECD
Analogous#C9CD9E, #9ECDA3
Triadic#9EB1CD, #CD9EB1
Split complementary#A29ECD, #CD9EC9
Tetradic#9EC9CD, #BA9ECD, #CDA39E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F0E1
Lighter +10%#CCDEC0
Darker −10%#96BC7C
Darker −20%#7BAA5B
Darker −30%#638B47
Darker −40%#4B6936
More saturated +25%#ADDF8C
Less saturated −25%#B5BBB0

Channel breakdown

R177
G205
B158
Red177 (69.4%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue95.74°
Saturation (HSL)31.97%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B1 · G CD · B 9E

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