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Recognised as Colour

#B3E258

  • #B3E258
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#B3E258 is a green with RGB values 179, 226, 88 and HSL 80°, 70%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#B3E258#B3E258
HEX#B3E258
RGBrgb(179, 226, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.8863, 0.3451
RGB percentages70.2%, 88.6%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(80.4, 70.4%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80.4, 61.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK20.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,788,888
CSS custom property--colour: #B3E258;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#4C1DA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDD448no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D262no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BAD8C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 10Light green · ΔE 26.3Pale green · ΔE 26.5Green yellow · ΔE 28.1Khaki · ΔE 31.4Olivedrab · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8758E2
Analogous#E2CC58, #6EE258
Triadic#58B3E2, #E258B3
Split complementary#586EE2, #CC58E2
Tetradic#58E2CC, #8758E2, #E2586E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF9DA
Lighter +20%#DBF1AF
Lighter +10%#C7EA83
Darker −10%#9FDA2D
Darker −20%#82B51F
Darker −30%#638918
Darker −40%#435E10
More saturated +25%#BBFB40
Less saturated −25%#ABCA71

Channel breakdown

R179
G226
B88
Red179 (70.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue80.43°
Saturation (HSL)70.41%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B3 · G E2 · B 58

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