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Recognised as Colour

#BAE68B

  • #BAE68B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#BAE68B is a green with RGB values 186, 230, 139 and HSL 89°, 65%, 72%. 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

#BAE68B#BAE68B
HEX#BAE68B
RGBrgb(186, 230, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.902, 0.5451
RGB percentages72.9%, 90.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(89, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(89, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK19.1%, 0%, 39.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,248,715
CSS custom property--colour: #BAE68B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#451974

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#EEDA84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D790no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BDDFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 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 text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#B78BE6
Analogous#E6E58B, #8CE68B
Triadic#8BBAE6, #E68BBA
Split complementary#8B8CE6, #E58BE6
Tetradic#8BE6E5, #B78BE6, #E68B8C

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF8DF
Lighter +10%#D3EFB5
Darker −10%#A1DD61
Darker −20%#88D437
Darker −30%#6EB226
Darker −40%#54881D
More saturated +25%#BBF879
Less saturated −25%#B9D49D

Channel breakdown

R186
G230
B139
Red186 (72.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue89.01°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G E6 · B 8B

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