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Recognised as Colour

#B6E699

  • #B6E699
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#B6E699 is a green with RGB values 182, 230, 153 and HSL 97°, 61%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#B6E699#B6E699
HEX#B6E699
RGBrgb(182, 230, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.902, 0.6
RGB percentages71.4%, 90.2%, 60%
HSLhsl(97.4, 60.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97.4, 33.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK20.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,986,585
CSS custom property--colour: #B6E699;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#491966

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECDB94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D79Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B6E0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 17.8Pale green · ΔE 20.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3Khaki · ΔE 23.9Dark khaki · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 17.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C999E6
Analogous#DDE699, #99E6A3
Triadic#99B6E6, #E699B6
Split complementary#A399E6, #E699DC
Tetradic#99DDE6, #C999E6, #E6A399

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1FAEB
Lighter +10%#D3F0C2
Darker −10%#99DC70
Darker −20%#7BD247
Darker −30%#62B92D
Darker −40%#4C9023
More saturated +25%#B2F689
Less saturated −25%#BAD6A9

Channel breakdown

R182
G230
B153
Red182 (71.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue97.4°
Saturation (HSL)60.63%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B6 · G E6 · B 99

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