Information about #BAD991 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pleasantly vivid chartreuse, #BAD991 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Light Chartreuse Green (#B9E78B). Nearby in the Register you will also find Light Grey Green (#B7E1A1) and Medium Spring Bud (#C9DC87).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(186, 217, 145)), which gives #BAD991 its character. If you plan to put text on a #BAD991 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 13.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BAD991 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BAD991 color variations
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#BAD991 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BAD991 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BAD991 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BAD991 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BAD991 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BAD991 color
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Nearest named colors to #BAD991
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B9E78B
#B7E1A1
#C9DC87
#C5E78B
#B8CA9D
#AEE78B
#C8CB8E
#B9CC81
#CDCD96
#A8CB8D
#BBCDA5
#A5D785
#BAD991 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BAD991
- RGB186, 217, 145
- CMYK12, 0, 28, 15
- CSSrgb(186, 217, 145)
- HSL86°, 49%, 71%
- HSL Precise85.833°, 48.649%, 70.98%
- HSV86°, 33%, 85%
- HSB86°, 33%, 85%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.851
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.569
- GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.851, 0.569)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.851, 0.569, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.851, 0.569)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB85.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.9%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBAD991
- DECIMAL ID12245393
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
