HEX Color #8AFF00 (Chartreuse)

About #8AFF00

When working with digital screens, the color #8AFF00 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Chartreuse. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 255, and 0.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 46% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AFF00

RGB138, 255, 0

HSL87.5°, 100.0%, 50.0%

CMYK46%, 0%, 100%, 0%

HSV87.5°, 100.0%, 100.0%

LAB90.3, -64.9, 86.3

XYZ46.2, 76.9, 12.4

Decimal9109248

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AFF00 #7400FF

Analogous

#FFF400 #0AFF00

Triadic

#008AFF #FF008A

Tetradic

#00FFF4 #7400FF #FF000A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AFF00

#97FF1C

#A4FF38

#B1FF55

#BEFF71

#CBFF8D

#D8FFAA

#E5FFC6

#F2FFE2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AFF00

#7AE200

#6BC600

#5CAA00

#4C8D00

#3D7100

#2E5500

#1E3800

#0F1C00

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.28:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.38:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.22:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.93:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AFF00; }

.text-color { color: #8AFF00; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AFF00; }

Similar Colors

Chartreuse

#7FFF00