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Recognised as Colour

#B3E186

  • #B3E186
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#B3E186 is a green with RGB values 179, 225, 134 and HSL 90°, 60%, 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

#B3E186#B3E186
HEX#B3E186
RGBrgb(179, 225, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8824, 0.5255
RGB percentages70.2%, 88.2%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(90.3, 60.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.3, 40.4%, 88.2%)
CMYK20.4%, 0%, 40.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,788,678
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E186;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#4C1E79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D57Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2D28Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#B6DACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 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 text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.4Pale green · ΔE 19Khaki · ΔE 22.7Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B486E1
Analogous#E1E186, #86E186
Triadic#86B3E1, #E186B3
Split complementary#8786E1, #E186E1
Tetradic#86E1E1, #B486E1, #E18686

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F5D8
Lighter +10%#CDEBAF
Darker −10%#99D75D
Darker −20%#80CD34
Darker −30%#66A529
Darker −40%#4D7C1F
More saturated +25%#B3F473
Less saturated −25%#B3CE99

Channel breakdown

R179
G225
B134
Red179 (70.2%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue90.33°
Saturation (HSL)60.26%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G E1 · B 86

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