HEX Color #8AE2A0 (Lightgreen)

About #8AE2A0

When working with digital screens, the color #8AE2A0 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Lightgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 226 parts green, and 160 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 39% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 135.0° hue, 60.3% saturation, and 71.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AE2A0

RGB138, 226, 160

HSL135.0°, 60.3%, 71.4%

CMYK39%, 0%, 29%, 11%

HSV135.0°, 38.9%, 88.6%

LAB83.1, -40.3, 24.1

XYZ44.0, 62.3, 43.0

Decimal9101984

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AE2A0 #E289CB

Analogous

#9FE289 #89E2CB

Triadic

#A089E2 #E29F89

Tetradic

#899FE2 #E289CB #E2CB89

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AE2A0

#97E5AA

#A4E8B5

#B1EBBF

#BEEECA

#CBF2D4

#D8F5DF

#E5F8E9

#F2FBF4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AE2A0

#7AC88E

#6BAF7C

#5C966A

#4C7D58

#3D6447

#2E4B35

#1E3223

#0F1911

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.56:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.47:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.49:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.45:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AE2A0; }

.text-color { color: #8AE2A0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AE2A0; }

Similar Colors

Lightgreen

#90EE90