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#ACEA9D

#acea9d ≈ Granny Smith Apple

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#acea9d is a color from the green family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 91.76% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.91% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 108.31°, with 64.71% saturation and 76.67% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Granny Smith Apple (#a8e4a0), ΔE 2.05.

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Web safe#99ff99
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Relative luminance0.7005

Complementary

  1. #acea9d
  2. #db9dea

Split complementary

  1. #acea9d
  2. #b59dea
  3. #ea9dd3

Analogous

  1. #d3ea9d
  2. #acea9d
  3. #9deab5

Triadic

  1. #acea9d
  2. #9dacea
  3. #ea9dac

Tetradic

  1. #acea9d
  2. #9deadb
  3. #db9dea
  4. #ea9dac

Square

  1. #acea9d
  2. #9dd3ea
  3. #db9dea
  4. #eab59d

Monochromatic

  1. #48c42a
  2. #77dd5e
  3. #acea9d
  4. #e1f8dc
  5. #f1fbee

Shades

#acea9d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acea9d
  2. #9bd38d
  3. #8abb7e
  4. #78a46e
  5. #678c5e
  6. #56754f
  7. #455e3f
  8. #34462f
  9. #222f1f
  10. #111710
  11. #000000

Tints

#acea9d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acea9d
  2. #b4eca7
  3. #bdeeb1
  4. #c5f0ba
  5. #cdf2c4
  6. #d6f5ce
  7. #def7d8
  8. #e6f9e2
  9. #eefbeb
  10. #f7fdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acea9d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acea9d
  2. #a8df9a
  3. #a3d597
  4. #9fca94
  5. #9ac091
  6. #96b58f
  7. #92aa8c
  8. #8da089
  9. #899586
  10. #848b83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9e1c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efde98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5d8a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9e5d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7e39a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1dfa0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aae7c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acea9d {
  color: #acea9d;
}
Background
.bg-acea9d {
  background-color: #acea9d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acea9d {
  border: 2px solid #acea9d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acea9d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 234 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 108 65% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acea9d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acea9d, #9deab5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acea9d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 234 157 / 0.35);
}

#a8e4a0 Granny Smith Apple ΔE 2.05 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 4.36 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 5.50 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 5.68 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 6.29 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 7.21 #d0f0c0 Tea Green ΔE 7.69 #531562 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Granny Smith Apple
#acea9d  rgb(172, 234, 157)  hsl(108, 65%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#db9dea  rgb(219, 157, 234)  hsl(288, 65%, 77%)  Plum
#9dacea  rgb(157, 172, 234)  hsl(228, 65%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ea9dac  rgb(234, 157, 172)  hsl(348, 65%, 77%)  Salmon Pink