Colour

#B4E6B9

#B4E6B9
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#B4E6B9 is a green with RGB values 180, 230, 185 and HSL 126°, 50%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#B4E6B9#B4E6B9

HEX#B4E6B9

RGBrgb(180, 230, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.902, 0.7255

RGB percentages70.6%, 90.2%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(126, 50%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(126, 21.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK21.7%, 0%, 19.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,855,545

CSS custom property--colour: #B4E6B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#4B1946

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7DDB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD7BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AEE4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 21.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 22.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 22.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6B4E1

Analogous#C8E6B4, #B4E6D2

Triadic#B9B4E6, #E6B9B4

Split complementary#D2B4E6, #E6B4C8

Tetradic#B4C8E6, #E6B4E1, #E6D2B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DAF3DD

Darker −10%#8ED995

Darker −20%#67CD72

Darker −30%#41C04E

Darker −40%#349B3E

More saturated +25%#A8F3AF

Less saturated −25%#C1DAC3

Channel breakdown

R180

G230

B185

Red180 (70.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue126°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B4 · G E6 · B B9

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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