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Recognised as Colour

#B9D8AA

  • #B9D8AA
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#B9D8AA is a green with RGB values 185, 216, 170 and HSL 100°, 37%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#B9D8AA#B9D8AA
HEX#B9D8AA
RGBrgb(185, 216, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8471, 0.6667
RGB percentages72.5%, 84.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(100.4, 37.1%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100.4, 21.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK14.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,179,626
CSS custom property--colour: #B9D8AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.47:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#462755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCD1A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7CEACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B9D4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 12.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 18.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 19.9Beige · ΔE 20.7Light yellow · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9AAD8
Analogous#D0D8AA, #AAD8B2
Triadic#AAB9D8, #D8AAB9
Split complementary#B2AAD8, #D8AAD0
Tetradic#AAD0D8, #C9AAD8, #D8B2AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F8F0
Lighter +10%#D6E8CD
Darker −10%#9CC887
Darker −20%#7FB864
Darker −30%#65A049
Darker −40%#4F7D39
More saturated +25%#B4E89B
Less saturated −25%#BEC9BA

Channel breakdown

R185
G216
B170
Red185 (72.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue100.43°
Saturation (HSL)37.1%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G D8 · B AA

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