#a9d492

Color #a9d492

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 13.38 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9d492

RGB

rgb(169, 212, 146)

HSL

hsl(99.1, 43.4%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(99.1, 31.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 31.1%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(80.51, -26.04, 28.2)

LCH

lch(80.51, 38.38, 132.72)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.1001, 135.04)

HWB

hwb(99.1, 57.3%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd92d4

Analogous

#cad492

#a9d492

#92d49c

Triadic

#a9d492

#92a9d4

#d492a9

Split-complementary

#a9d492

#9c92d4

#d492ca

Tetradic

#a9d492

#92d4bd

#bd92d4

#d492a9

Square

#a9d492

#92cad4

#bd92d4

#d49c92

Shades

Color #a9d492 mixed toward black.

#87c367

#68ab44

#4e8033

#345622

#1a2b11

Tints

Color #a9d492 mixed toward white.

#b7dba4

#c6e2b6

#d4e9c9

#e2f1db

#f1f8ed

Tones

Color #a9d492 mixed toward gray.

#abce98

#acc99d

#aec3a3

#b0bea8

#b1b9ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbea5 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#bbb7a9 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#abb3b5 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9d492;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9d492]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a9d492 (#a9d492) is rgb(169, 212, 146) in RGB.

No, #a9d492 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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