#c9e3af

Color #c9e3af

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 13.86 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e3af

RGB

rgb(201, 227, 175)

HSL

hsl(90, 48.1%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 22.9%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 22.9%, 11%)

LAB

lab(87.22, -17.68, 22.61)

LCH

lch(87.22, 28.7, 128.02)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.0746, 129.45)

HWB

hwb(90, 68.6%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9afe3

Analogous

#e3e3af

#c9e3af

#afe3af

Triadic

#c9e3af

#afc9e3

#e3afc9

Split-complementary

#c9e3af

#afafe3

#e3afe3

Tetradic

#c9e3af

#afe3c9

#c9afe3

#e3afc9

Square

#c9e3af

#afe3e3

#c9afe3

#e3afaf

Shades

Color #c9e3af mixed toward black.

#a7d27d

#86c04c

#649534

#436323

#213211

Tints

Color #c9e3af mixed toward white.

#d2e8bc

#dbecca

#e4f1d7

#edf6e4

#f6faf2

Tones

Color #c9e3af mixed toward gray.

#c9dfb3

#c9dab8

#c9d6bc

#c9d2c0

#c9cdc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d5bd · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#d3d1c1 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#cac8ca · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e3af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e3af]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9e3af (#c9e3af) is rgb(201, 227, 175) in RGB.

No, #c9e3af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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