#c5e986

Color #c5e986

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 18.7 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c5e986

RGB

rgb(197, 233, 134)

HSL

hsl(81.8, 69.2%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(81.8, 42.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 42.5%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(87.91, -27.54, 44.2)

LCH

lch(87.91, 52.08, 121.93)

OKLCH

oklch(88.6%, 0.1316, 125.32)

HWB

hwb(81.8, 52.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa86e9

Analogous

#e9dc86

#c5e986

#94e986

Triadic

#c5e986

#86c5e9

#e986c5

Split-complementary

#c5e986

#8694e9

#dc86e9

Tetradic

#c5e986

#86e9aa

#aa86e9

#e986c5

Square

#c5e986

#86e9dc

#aa86e9

#e98694

Shades

Color #c5e986 mixed toward black.

#ace052

#92cf26

#6d9b1c

#496813

#243409

Tints

Color #c5e986 mixed toward white.

#cfed9a

#d8f0ae

#e2f4c3

#ecf8d7

#f5fbeb

Tones

Color #c5e986 mixed toward gray.

#c3e18e

#c1d997

#bed09f

#bcc8a7

#bac0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d6a5 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#d3d1ac · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#c7b9be · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5e986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5e986]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#c5e986 (#c5e986) is rgb(197, 233, 134) in RGB.

No, #c5e986 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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