Recognised as Colour

#B3E183

#B3E183
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#B3E183 is a green with RGB values 179, 225, 131 and HSL 89°, 61%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

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HEX#B3E183

RGBrgb(179, 225, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8824, 0.5137

RGB percentages70.2%, 88.2%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(89.4, 61%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89.4, 41.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK20.4%, 0%, 41.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,788,675

CSS custom property--colour: #B3E183;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.01:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#4C1E7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D57Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2D288no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#B6DACAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.3 Pale green · ΔE 18.9 Khaki · ΔE 22.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B183E1

Analogous#E1E083, #84E183

Triadic#83B3E1, #E183B3

Split complementary#8384E1, #E083E1

Tetradic#83E1E0, #B183E1, #E18384

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#E5F5D5

Lighter +10%#CCEBAC

Darker −10%#9AD75A

Darker −20%#81CD31

Darker −30%#67A328

Darker −40%#4D7A1E

More saturated +25%#B3F470

Less saturated −25%#B3CE96

Channel breakdown

R179

G225

B131

Red179 (70.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue89.36°

Saturation (HSL)61.04%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B3 · G E1 · B 83

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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