HEX Color #C5FF99 (Palegreen)

About #C5FF99

At its core, #C5FF99 is a very light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Palegreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 255 green, and 153 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow, and 0% black. With a hue angle of 94.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

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. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5FF99

RGB197, 255, 153

HSL94.1°, 100.0%, 80.0%

CMYK23%, 0%, 40%, 0%

HSV94.1°, 40.0%, 100.0%

LAB94.2, -35.4, 42.9

XYZ64.5, 85.7, 43.3

Decimal12976025

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#C5FF99 #D399FF

Analogous

#F8FF99 #99FFA0

Triadic

#99C5FF #FF99C4

Tetradic

#99F8FF #D399FF #FFA099

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C5FF99

#CBFFA4

#D1FFAF

#D8FFBB

#DEFFC6

#E5FFD1

#EBFFDD

#F2FFE8

#F8FFF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C5FF99

#AFE288

#99C677

#83AA66

#6D8D55

#577144

#415533

#2B3822

#151C11

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.16:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

18.14:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.11:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

15.42:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5FF99; }

.text-color { color: #C5FF99; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5FF99; }

Similar Colors

Palegreen

#98FB98