Recognised as Colour

#BAE99B

#BAE99B
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#BAE99B is a green with RGB values 186, 233, 155 and HSL 96°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#BAE99B#BAE99B

HEX#BAE99B

RGBrgb(186, 233, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.9137, 0.6078

RGB percentages72.9%, 91.4%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(96.2, 63.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(96.2, 33.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK20.2%, 0%, 33.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,249,499

CSS custom property--colour: #BAE99B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#451664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDE96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8DA9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#BBE3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 18 Pale green · ΔE 20.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 17.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CA9BE9

Analogous#E1E99B, #9BE9A3

Triadic#9BBAE9, #E99BBA

Split complementary#A39BE9, #E99BE1

Tetradic#9BE1E9, #CA9BE9, #E9A39B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4FBEF

Lighter +10%#D7F2C5

Darker −10%#9DE071

Darker −20%#80D747

Darker −30%#66C12A

Darker −40%#509721

More saturated +25%#B7F88C

Less saturated −25%#BDDAAA

Channel breakdown

R186

G233

B155

Red186 (72.9%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue96.15°

Saturation (HSL)63.93%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BA · G E9 · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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