Information about #8CDC02 color

#8CDC02 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#8CDC02 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(140, 220, 2) — 54.9% red, 86.3% green, 0.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 36 / 0 / 99 / 14. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #8CDC02 reads as a pure, full-strength zesty chartreuse and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Alien Armpit (#84DE02). Slightly further away sit Sheen Green (#8FD400) and Vivid Spring Bud (#91E700).

In RGB terms — rgb(140, 220, 2) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #8CDC02 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#8CDC02 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#8CDC02 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #8CDC02

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8CDC02
  • RGB140, 220, 2
  • CMYK36, 0, 99, 14
  • CSSrgb(140, 220, 2)
  • HSL82°, 98%, 44%
  • HSL Precise82.018°, 98.198%, 43.529%
  • HSV82°, 99%, 86%
  • HSB82°, 99%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • GLSLvec3(0.549, 0.863, 0.008)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.549, 0.863, 0.008, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.549, 0.863, 0.008)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.8%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID8CDC02
  • DECIMAL ID9231362
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01