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Recognised as Colour

#B5E486

  • #B5E486
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#B5E486 is a green with RGB values 181, 228, 134 and HSL 90°, 64%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#B5E486#B5E486
HEX#B5E486
RGBrgb(181, 228, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.8941, 0.5255
RGB percentages71%, 89.4%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(90, 63.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 41.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK20.6%, 0%, 41.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,920,518
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E486;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#4A1B79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECD87Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D58Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B8DDCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 15.9Pale green · ΔE 18.2Khaki · ΔE 22.9Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B586E4
Analogous#E4E486, #86E486
Triadic#86B5E4, #E486B5
Split complementary#8686E4, #E486E4
Tetradic#86E4E4, #B586E4, #E48686

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F7D9
Lighter +10%#CFEDB0
Darker −10%#9CDB5C
Darker −20%#82D133
Darker −30%#69AB26
Darker −40%#4F811D
More saturated +25%#B5F774
Less saturated −25%#B5D299

Channel breakdown

R181
G228
B134
Red181 (71%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue90°
Saturation (HSL)63.51%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E4 · B 86

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