HEX Color #A8E98A (Lightgreen)

About #A8E98A

The hex code #A8E98A represents a beautifully specific shade of green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 233 parts green, and 138 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 28% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8E98A

RGB168, 233, 138

HSL101.1°, 68.3%, 72.7%

CMYK28%, 0%, 41%, 9%

HSV101.1°, 40.8%, 91.4%

LAB86.2, -37.3, 39.7

XYZ49.9, 68.4, 34.6

Decimal11069834

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8E98A #CB89E8

Analogous

#D7E889 #89E89B

Triadic

#89A7E8 #E889A7

Tetradic

#89D7E8 #CB89E8 #E89B89

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8E98A

#B1EB97

#BBEDA4

#C5F0B1

#CEF2BE

#D8F5CB

#E2F7D8

#EBFAE5

#F5FCF2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8E98A

#95CF7A

#82B56B

#709B5C

#5D814C

#4A673D

#384D2E

#25331E

#12190F

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.43:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

14.69:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.37:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

12.49:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8E98A; }

.text-color { color: #A8E98A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8E98A; }

Similar Colors

Lightgreen

#90EE90