#c9f280

Color #c9f280

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Light Green #90ee90 · ΔE 20.82 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9f280

RGB

rgb(201, 242, 128)

HSL

hsl(81.6, 81.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(81.6, 47.1%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 47.1%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(90.54, -30.95, 50.41)

LCH

lch(90.54, 59.15, 121.55)

OKLCH

oklch(90.8%, 0.1485, 125.52)

HWB

hwb(81.6, 50.2%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a980f2

Analogous

#f2e280

#c9f280

#90f280

Triadic

#c9f280

#80c9f2

#f280c9

Split-complementary

#c9f280

#8090f2

#e280f2

Tetradic

#c9f280

#80f2a9

#a980f2

#f280c9

Square

#c9f280

#80f2e2

#a980f2

#f28090

Shades

Color #c9f280 mixed toward black.

#b1ec48

#97e017

#72a811

#4c700b

#263806

Tints

Color #c9f280 mixed toward white.

#d2f495

#dbf6aa

#e4f8bf

#edfbd5

#f6fdea

Tones

Color #c9f280 mixed toward gray.

#c6e889

#c4df93

#c1d59c

#becca6

#bcc2af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dcdca5 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#dad6ad · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#cbbdc1 · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9f280;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9f280]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#c9f280 (#c9f280) is rgb(201, 242, 128) in RGB.

No, #c9f280 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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