#ABC08E

sRGB: 171 / 192 / 142

Radiant blossoms rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls fade beyond remembrance
Golden visions transcend the limits of dreams

#ABC08E belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 171 red, 192 green and 142 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 85.2° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 28.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 65.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 171, 192, 142
HSL: 85.20°, 28.41%, 65.49%
HSV / HSB: 85.20°, 26.04%, 75.29%
CMYK (approx.): 10.94%, 0.00%, 26.04%, 24.71%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.525, 48.310, 32.782
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.020, -15.999, 22.894
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48310
24-bit decimal: 11255950

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ABC08E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.66:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.97:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A38EC0 sits half a turn (180°) from #ABC08E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ABC08E #A38EC0

Analogous

#C0BC8E and #92C08E sit 30° to either side of #ABC08E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C0BC8E #ABC08E #92C08E

Triadic

#ABC08E, #8EABC0 and #C08EAB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ABC08E #8EABC0 #C08EAB

Split complementary

Start at #ABC08E and look across the wheel. #8E92C0 and #BC8EC0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ABC08E #8E92C0 #BC8EC0

Square

Starting with #ABC08E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #8EC0BC, #A38EC0, then #C08E92. Across the square, #ABC08E pairs with #A38EC0, and #8EC0BC with #C08E92.

#ABC08E #8EC0BC #A38EC0 #C08E92

Tetradic

#ABC08E and #A38EC0 are opposites, as are #8EC0A3 and #C08EAB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ABC08E #8EC0A3 #A38EC0 #C08EAB

Tints

Mixing #ABC08E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCCDA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEF2E8, the mixture is 80% white.

#ABC08E #BCCDA5 #CDD9BB #DDE6D2 #EEF2E8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ABC08E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #899A72, keeps 80% of the original. By #22261C, the mixture is 80% black.

#ABC08E #899A72 #677355 #444D39 #22261C #000000

Tones

Mixing #ABC08E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2B38B, keeps 80% of the original. By #898D83, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ABC08E #A2B38B #9AA688 #919A86 #898D83 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ABC08E

RGB

rgb(171 192 142)

HSL

hsl(85.200 28.409% 65.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ABC08E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ABC08E uses 171 red, 192 green and 142 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.1%

Green 75.3%

Blue 55.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ABC08E is 10.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 26.0% yellow and 24.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 26.0%

Black 24.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AABB88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AB8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ABC08E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AABB88 Nearest web-safe: #99CC99

Gradient to complement

#ABC08E #AAB896 #A8AF9F #A7A7A7 #A69FAF #A496B8 #A38EC0

Color vision previews

Compare how #ABC08E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C5B98B

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C2B890

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#AEBBB3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BDBC8D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCBB8F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ADBE9D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B9B9B9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B2BCA5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.40724 G 0.52712 B 0.27050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.68615 G 0.75039 B 0.57615

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.42852 G 0.52314 B 0.29141

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.333 y 0.397 Y 48.310

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.941 M % 24.706 Y % 44.314

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101011 11000000 10001110