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Recognised as Colour

#B9E1A9

  • #B9E1A9
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#B9E1A9 is a green with RGB values 185, 225, 169 and HSL 103°, 48%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#B9E1A9#B9E1A9
HEX#B9E1A9
RGBrgb(185, 225, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.8824, 0.6627
RGB percentages72.5%, 88.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(102.9, 48.3%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(102.9, 24.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK17.8%, 0%, 24.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,181,929
CSS custom property--colour: #B9E1A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 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#D4D4D4
Inverted#461E56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D8A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD4ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8DDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 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

Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 20.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.4Light yellow · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1A9E1
Analogous#D5E1A9, #A9E1B5
Triadic#A9B9E1, #E1A9B9
Split complementary#B5A9E1, #E1A9D5
Tetradic#A9D5E1, #D1A9E1, #E1B5A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FBF5
Lighter +10%#D8EECF
Darker −10%#9AD483
Darker −20%#7BC75D
Darker −30%#60B33E
Darker −40%#4B8D31
More saturated +25%#B3F09B
Less saturated −25%#BFD3B8

Channel breakdown

R185
G225
B169
Red185 (72.5%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue102.86°
Saturation (HSL)48.28%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B9 · G E1 · B A9

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