#8caf09

Color #8caf09

A vivid, highly saturated dark green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 11.98 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#8caf09

RGB

rgb(140, 175, 9)

HSL

hsl(72.7, 90.2%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.7, 94.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 0%, 94.9%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.71, -31.14, 67.03)

LCH

lch(66.71, 73.91, 114.92)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.1704, 122.93)

HWB

hwb(72.7, 3.5%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c09af

Analogous

#af7f09

#8caf09

#39af09

Triadic

#8caf09

#098caf

#af098c

Split-complementary

#8caf09

#0939af

#7f09af

Tetradic

#8caf09

#09af2c

#2c09af

#af098c

Square

#8caf09

#09af7f

#2c09af

#af0939

Shades

Color #8caf09 mixed toward black.

#759208

#5d7506

#465805

#2f3a03

#171d02

Tints

Color #8caf09 mixed toward white.

#b5e30c

#cbf430

#d8f764

#e5fa98

#f2fccb

Tones

Color #8caf09 mixed toward gray.

#84a117

#7c9325

#748633

#6c7840

#646a4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9d5b · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#9a9865 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#8e787d · ΔE 40.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8caf09;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8caf09]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#8caf09 (#8caf09) is rgb(140, 175, 9) in RGB.

No, #8caf09 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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