Recognised as Colour

#B5E288

#B5E288
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#B5E288 is a green with RGB values 181, 226, 136 and HSL 90°, 61%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#B5E288#B5E288

HEX#B5E288

RGBrgb(181, 226, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8863, 0.5333

RGB percentages71%, 88.6%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(90, 60.8%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(90, 39.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK19.9%, 0%, 39.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,920,008

CSS custom property--colour: #B5E288;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#4A1D77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D38Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B8DBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.7 Pale green · ΔE 19.4 Khaki · ΔE 22.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B588E2

Analogous#E2E288, #88E288

Triadic#88B5E2, #E288B5

Split complementary#8888E2, #E288E2

Tetradic#88E2E2, #B588E2, #E28888

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E8F6DA

Lighter +10%#CEECB1

Darker −10%#9BD85F

Darker −20%#82CE36

Darker −30%#68A829

Darker −40%#4F7F1F

More saturated +25%#B5F475

Less saturated −25%#B5CF9B

Channel breakdown

R181

G226

B136

Red181 (71%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue90°

Saturation (HSL)60.81%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B5 · G E2 · B 88

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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