#aadd55

Color #aadd55

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aadd55

RGB

rgb(170, 221, 85)

HSL

hsl(82.5, 66.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82.5, 61.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(82.33, -36.84, 59.72)

LCH

lch(82.33, 70.17, 121.67)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.1728, 127.21)

HWB

hwb(82.5, 33.3%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8855dd

Analogous

#ddcc55

#aadd55

#66dd55

Triadic

#aadd55

#55aadd

#dd55aa

Split-complementary

#aadd55

#5566dd

#cc55dd

Tetradic

#aadd55

#55dd88

#8855dd

#dd55aa

Square

#aadd55

#55ddcc

#8855dd

#dd5566

Shades

Color #aadd55 mixed toward black.

#95d52a

#77aa22

#598019

#3c5511

#1e2b08

Tints

Color #aadd55 mixed toward white.

#b8e371

#c6e88e

#d5eeaa

#e3f4c6

#f1f9e3

Tones

Color #aadd55 mixed toward gray.

#a7d260

#a4c66c

#a2bb77

#9fb082

#9ca48e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c387 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#bfbb90 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#ada3a8 · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aadd55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aadd55]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#aadd55 (#aadd55) is rgb(170, 221, 85) in RGB.

No, #aadd55 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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