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Recognised as Colour

#ECF9DC

  • #ECF9DC
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#ECF9DC is a green with RGB values 236, 249, 220 and HSL 87°, 71%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#ECF9DC#ECF9DC
HEX#ECF9DC
RGBrgb(236, 249, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9765, 0.8627
RGB percentages92.5%, 97.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(86.9, 70.7%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.9, 11.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 11.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,530,460
CSS custom property--colour: #ECF9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.15:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#130623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDF5DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAF4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#EEF6F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 5.1Light yellow · ΔE 5.7Cornsilk · ΔE 7.4Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.4Honeydew · ΔE 7.6Ivory · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9DCF9
Analogous#F9F8DC, #DEF9DC
Triadic#DCECF9, #F9DCEC
Split complementary#DCDEF9, #F8DCF9
Tetradic#DCF9F8, #E9DCF9, #F9DCDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#D4F2B0
Darker −20%#BDEA85
Darker −30%#A5E359
Darker −40%#8DDB2E
More saturated +25%#EDFED7
Less saturated −25%#EBF4E1

Channel breakdown

R236
G249
B220
Red236 (92.5%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue86.9°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G F9 · B DC

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