#8bbc3f Color Information

#8bbc3f Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #8bbc3f. In RGB, it consists of 54.5% Red, 73.7% Green, and 24.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 26.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 66.5% Yellow, and 26.3% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 83.5°, with saturation of 49.8% and lightness of 49.2%. The decimal value for #8bbc3f is 9157695, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99cc33. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #8bbc3f is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#8bbc3f Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color139, 188, 63 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color54.5%, 73.7%, 24.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.455, 0.263, 0.753 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.261, 0, 0.665, 0.263 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color83.5°, 49.8%, 49.2% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color83.5°, 66.5%, 73.7% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color29.528, 41.814, 11.217 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color63, 188, 112 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code9157695 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color70.743, -35.254, 55.799 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)70.743, 66.003, 122.285 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color70.743, -24.611, 70.589 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color64.664, -31.652, 34.980 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.358, 0.506, 41.814 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4287347775 / 0xff8bbc3f Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99cc33 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #8bbc3f

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #8bbc3f, its pure hue is 83.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.8%, and its lightness is 49.2%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #8bbc3f, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #111808 to #7aa537.

Tints of #8bbc3f

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #8bbc3f, its pure hue is 83.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.8%, and its lightness is 49.2%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #8bbc3f, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #9ac457 to #f1f7e7.

Tones of #8bbc3f

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #8bbc3f, its pure hue is 83.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 49.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #8bbc3f, which range from #7e7e7e (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #99fb00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #8bbc3f

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #8bbc3f! For #8bbc3f, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #8bbc3f. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #8bbc3f

This color, #8bbc3f, consists of 54.5% Red, 73.7% Green, and 24.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 139, Green = 188, Blue = 63. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #8bbc3f is 26.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 66.5% Yellow, and 26.3% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R54.5%
C26.1%
G73.7%
M0.0%
B24.7%
Y66.5%
K26.3%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 139 188 63
Octal 213 274 77
Hexa #8b #bc #3f
Binary 10001011 10111100 00111111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 26 0 66 26
Octal 32 0 102 32
Hexa #1a #00 #42 #1a
Binary 00011010 00000000 01000010 00011010

Analogous Colors of #8bbc3f

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #8bbc3f — which has hue 83.5° — its analogous colors are located at 53.5° and 113.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8bbc3f.

Triadic Colors of #8bbc3f

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #8bbc3f — which has hue 83.5° — its triadic colors are located at 83.5° and 323.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8bbc3f.

Complementary Color of #8bbc3f

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #8bbc3f — which has hue 83.5° — its complementary color is located at 263.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8bbc3f.

Split Complementary Colors of #8bbc3f

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #8bbc3f — which has hue 83.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 83.5° and 293.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8bbc3f.

Tetradic Colors of #8bbc3f

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #8bbc3f — which has hue 83.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 353.5°, 83.5°, 173.5°, and 263.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8bbc3f.

Monochromatic Colors of #8bbc3f

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #8bbc3f, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #424e2f — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #c7ee8a (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #8bbc3f

We want to make getting started with #8bbc3f on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #8bbc3f into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #8bbc3f can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #8bbc3f with other HTML elements.

#8bbc3f Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #8bbc3f.
<span style="color: #8bbc3f;">The color of this text is #8bbc3f.</span>

#8bbc3f Background Color

The background color for this text is #8bbc3f.
<div style="background-color: #8bbc3f; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #8bbc3f.</div>

#8bbc3f Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #8bbc3f.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #8bbc3f;">This color for the shadow of this text is #8bbc3f.</span>

#8bbc3f Border Color

This is a div with border color #8bbc3f.
<div style="border: #8bbc3f 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #8bbc3f.</div>

#8bbc3f Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #8bbc3f on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8bbc3f; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8bbc3f on a white background.</div></div>

#8bbc3f Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #8bbc3f on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8bbc3f; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8bbc3f on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #8bbc3f to White

This is a gradient from #8bbc3f to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8bbc3f,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8bbc3f to white.</div>

Gradient from #8bbc3f to Black

This is a gradient from #8bbc3f to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8bbc3f,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8bbc3f,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8bbc3f to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #8bbc3f

In addition to using #8bbc3f on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #8bbc3f in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #8bbc3f, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 139, Green = 188, Blue = 63). If you need details about the color coordinates of #8bbc3f in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #8bbc3f
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(139, 188, 63)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #8bbc3f; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #8bbc3f; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #8bbc3f; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(139, 188, 63);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#8bbc3f")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:139, green:188, blue:63, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:139 green:188 blue:63 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(139f, 188f, 63f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(139, 188, 63);
 

#8bbc3f Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #8bbc3f the same way. For those with color blindness, #8bbc3f might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #8bbc3f looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #8bbc3f is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #8bbc3f looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #8bbc3f will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #8bbc3f is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.2:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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