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#86BB9F

#86bb9f ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#86bb9f is a color from the green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 73.33% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.97% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 148.3°, with 28.04% saturation and 62.94% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 5.5.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4311

Complementary

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #bb86a2

Split complementary

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #b986bb
  3. #bb8687

Analogous

  1. #87bb86
  2. #86bb9f
  3. #86bbb9

Triadic

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #9f86bb
  3. #bb9f86

Tetradic

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #86a2bb
  3. #bb86a2
  4. #bb9f86

Square

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #8687bb
  3. #bb86a2
  4. #bbb986

Monochromatic

  1. #3c6c53
  2. #589d78
  3. #86bb9f
  4. #b7d7c6
  5. #e8f2ed

Shades

#86bb9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #79a88f
  3. #6b967f
  4. #5e836f
  5. #50705f
  6. #435e50
  7. #364b40
  8. #283830
  9. #1b2520
  10. #0d1310
  11. #000000

Tints

#86bb9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #92c2a9
  3. #9ec9b2
  4. #aacfbc
  5. #b6d6c5
  6. #c3ddcf
  7. #cfe4d9
  8. #dbebe2
  9. #e7f1ec
  10. #f3f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86bb9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86bb9f
  2. #85b59c
  3. #85af99
  4. #84a996
  5. #84a393
  6. #839e90
  7. #82988c
  8. #829289
  9. #818c86
  10. #818683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1b4a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bab39e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0ada1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bbbb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b69e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b3a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80bbab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86bb9f {
  color: #86bb9f;
}
Background
.bg-86bb9f {
  background-color: #86bb9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86bb9f {
  border: 2px solid #86bb9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86bb9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 187 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 148 28% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86bb9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86bb9f, #86bbb9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86bb9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 187 159 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 5.50 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.28 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.13 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.58 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.40 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 10.82 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 10.98 #794460 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#86bb9f  rgb(134, 187, 159)  hsl(148, 28%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#bb86a2  rgb(187, 134, 162)  hsl(328, 28%, 63%)  Puce
#9f86bb  rgb(159, 134, 187)  hsl(268, 28%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bb9f86  rgb(187, 159, 134)  hsl(28, 28%, 63%)  Camel