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Recognised as Colour

#B8E8A5

  • #B8E8A5
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#B8E8A5 is a green with RGB values 184, 232, 165 and HSL 103°, 59%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#B8E8A5#B8E8A5
HEX#B8E8A5
RGBrgb(184, 232, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.9098, 0.6471
RGB percentages72.2%, 91%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(103, 59.3%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103, 28.9%, 91%)
CMYK20.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,118,181
CSS custom property--colour: #B8E8A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.12:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#47175A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDDDA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D9A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B7E3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.8Light green · ΔE 20.9Pale green · ΔE 23.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 24.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 18.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5A5E8
Analogous#D9E8A5, #A5E8B4
Triadic#A5B8E8, #E8A5B8
Split complementary#B4A5E8, #E8A5D9
Tetradic#A5D9E8, #D5A5E8, #E8B4A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FDF6
Lighter +10%#D8F2CE
Darker −10%#98DE7C
Darker −20%#78D354
Darker −30%#5BC232
Darker −40%#489A27
More saturated +25%#B2F697
Less saturated −25%#BEDAB3

Channel breakdown

R184
G232
B165
Red184 (72.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue102.99°
Saturation (HSL)59.29%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B8 · G E8 · B A5

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