Information about #9EC985 color

#9EC985 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9EC985 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(158, 201, 133) — 62% red, 78.8% green, 52.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 27 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9EC985 reads as a softly balanced chartreuse and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Frog Green (#99C68E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pastel Grass Green (#9ECB91) and Sprout Pine (#A8CB8D).

In RGB terms — rgb(158, 201, 133) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9EC985: 11.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9EC985 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9EC985 color variations

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

#9EC985 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 #9EC985

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

Frog Green color link
Frog Green

#99C68E

Sprout Pine color link
Sprout Pine

#A8CB8D

Feijoa color link
Feijoa

#A5D785

Anise color link
Anise

#A7D67D

Caper color link
Caper

#AFC182

Norway color link
Norway

#A4B88F

Pistachio color link
Pistachio

#93C572

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9EC985
  • RGB158, 201, 133
  • CMYK17, 0, 27, 21
  • CSSrgb(158, 201, 133)
  • HSL98°, 39%, 65%
  • HSL Precise97.941°, 38.636%, 65.49%
  • HSV98°, 34%, 79%
  • HSB98°, 34%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • GLSLvec3(0.620, 0.788, 0.522)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.620, 0.788, 0.522, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.620, 0.788, 0.522)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.2%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9EC985
  • DECIMAL ID10406277
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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