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#87BB3F

#87bb3f ≈ Apple Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#87bb3f is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 73.33% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.31% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 85.16°, with 49.6% saturation and 49.02% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apple Green (#8db600), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4105

Complementary

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #733fbb

Split complementary

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #3f49bb
  3. #b13fbb

Analogous

  1. #bbb13f
  2. #87bb3f
  3. #49bb3f

Triadic

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #3f87bb
  3. #bb3f87

Tetradic

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #3fbb73
  3. #733fbb
  4. #bb3f87

Square

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #3fbbb1
  3. #733fbb
  4. #bb3f49

Monochromatic

  1. #344918
  2. #5e822c
  3. #87bb3f
  4. #abd176
  5. #cee4af

Shades

#87bb3f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #7aa839
  3. #6c9632
  4. #5f832c
  5. #517026
  6. #445e20
  7. #364b19
  8. #293813
  9. #1b250d
  10. #0e1306
  11. #000000

Tints

#87bb3f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #93c252
  3. #9fc965
  4. #abcf79
  5. #b7d68c
  6. #c3dd9f
  7. #cfe4b2
  8. #dbebc5
  9. #e7f1d9
  10. #f3f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#87bb3f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #87bb3f
  2. #86b546
  3. #86af4c
  4. #85a953
  5. #84a359
  6. #849e60
  7. #839866
  8. #82926d
  9. #818c73
  10. #81867a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9eb28d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcaa49 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bb3a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb336 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aab145 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89b685 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-87bb3f {
  color: #87bb3f;
}
Background
.bg-87bb3f {
  background-color: #87bb3f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-87bb3f {
  border: 2px solid #87bb3f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #87bb3f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 187 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 85 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-87bb3f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87bb3f, #49bb3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-87bb3f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 187 63 / 0.35);
}

#8db600 Apple Green ΔE 5.14 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 5.72 #4cbb17 Kelly Green ΔE 6.90 #93c572 Pistachio ΔE 6.92 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 7.21 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.02 #32cd32 Lime Green ΔE 9.59 #7844c0 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Apple Green
#87bb3f  rgb(135, 187, 63)  hsl(85, 50%, 49%)  Apple Green
#733fbb  rgb(115, 63, 187)  hsl(265, 50%, 49%)  Purple Heart
#3f87bb  rgb(63, 135, 187)  hsl(205, 50%, 49%)  Steel Blue
#bb3f87  rgb(187, 63, 135)  hsl(325, 50%, 49%)  Mulberry