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Recognised as Colour

#B5E366

  • #B5E366
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#B5E366 is a green with RGB values 181, 227, 102 and HSL 82°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#B5E366#B5E366
HEX#B5E366
RGBrgb(181, 227, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8902, 0.4
RGB percentages71%, 89%, 40%
HSLhsl(82.1, 69.1%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.1, 55.1%, 89%)
CMYK20.3%, 0%, 55.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,920,230
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E366;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#4A1C99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED659no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D36Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BBDAC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 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 text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.5Light green · ΔE 22.2Pale green · ΔE 22.8Khaki · ΔE 27.6Olivedrab · ΔE 31.3Dark khaki · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9466E3
Analogous#E3D266, #77E366
Triadic#66B5E3, #E366B5
Split complementary#6677E3, #D266E3
Tetradic#66E3D2, #9466E3, #E36677

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FBE7
Lighter +20%#DFF3BC
Lighter +10%#CAEB91
Darker −10%#A0DB3B
Darker −20%#86C023
Darker −30%#68951B
Darker −40%#4A6A13
More saturated +25%#BBFA4F
Less saturated −25%#AFCC7D

Channel breakdown

R181
G227
B102
Red181 (71%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue82.08°
Saturation (HSL)69.06%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E3 · B 66

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