Recognised as Colour

#CADE9F

#CADE9F
Green
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#CADE9F is a green with RGB values 202, 222, 159 and HSL 79°, 49%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#CADE9F#CADE9F

HEX#CADE9F

RGBrgb(202, 222, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8706, 0.6235

RGB percentages79.2%, 87.1%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(79, 48.8%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(79, 28.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK9%, 0%, 28.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,295,263

CSS custom property--colour: #CADE9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.46:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#352160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D79Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D6A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CFD8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 18.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.5 Khaki · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B39FDE

Analogous#DED39F, #ABDE9F

Triadic#9FCADE, #DE9FCA

Split complementary#9FABDE, #D39FDE

Tetradic#9FDED3, #B39FDE, #DE9FAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F8EB

Lighter +10%#DFEBC5

Darker −10%#B5D179

Darker −20%#A0C453

Darker −30%#86AA3A

Darker −40%#68842D

More saturated +25%#D0EE8F

Less saturated −25%#C4CEAF

Channel breakdown

R202

G222

B159

Red202 (79.2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue79.05°

Saturation (HSL)48.84%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CA · G DE · B 9F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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