#8ebd8a Color Information

#8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a. In RGB, it consists of 55.7% Red, 74.1% Green, and 54.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 24.9% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 27% Yellow, and 25.9% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 115.3°, with saturation of 27.9% and lightness of 64.1%. The decimal value for #8ebd8a is 9354634, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99cc99. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #8ebd8a 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#8ebd8a Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color142, 189, 138 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color55.7%, 74.1%, 54.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.443, 0.259, 0.459 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.249, 0, 0.27, 0.259 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color115.3°, 27.9%, 64.1% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color115.3°, 27.0%, 74.1% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color33.940, 43.981, 30.745 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color138, 189, 185 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code9354634 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color72.216, -25.512, 20.886 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)72.216, 32.971, 140.694 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color72.216, -23.556, 33.171 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color66.318, -24.704, 18.936 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.312, 0.405, 43.981 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4287544714 / 0xff8ebd8a Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99cc99 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #8ebd8a

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #8ebd8a, its pure hue is 115.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.9%, and its lightness is 64.1%. 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 #8ebd8a, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #121811 to #7ca579.

Tints of #8ebd8a

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #8ebd8a, its pure hue is 115.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.9%, and its lightness is 64.1%. 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 #8ebd8a, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #9cc599 to #f1f7f0.

Tones of #8ebd8a

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #8ebd8a, its pure hue is 115.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.9%, 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 #8ebd8a, which range from #a4a4a4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #56ff48 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #8ebd8a

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #8ebd8a! For #8ebd8a, 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, #8ebd8a. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #8ebd8a

This color, #8ebd8a, consists of 55.7% Red, 74.1% Green, and 54.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 142, Green = 189, Blue = 138. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #8ebd8a is 24.9% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 27% Yellow, and 25.9% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R55.7%
C24.9%
G74.1%
M0.0%
B54.1%
Y27.0%
K25.9%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 142 189 138
Octal 216 275 212
Hexa #8e #bd #8a
Binary 10001110 10111101 10001010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 24 0 26 25
Octal 30 0 32 31
Hexa #18 #00 #1a #19
Binary 00011000 00000000 00011010 00011001

Analogous Colors of #8ebd8a

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #8ebd8a — which has hue 115.3° — its analogous colors are located at 85.3° and 145.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8ebd8a.

Triadic Colors of #8ebd8a

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 #8ebd8a — which has hue 115.3° — its triadic colors are located at 115.3° and 355.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8ebd8a.

Complementary Color of #8ebd8a

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #8ebd8a — which has hue 115.3° — its complementary color is located at 295.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8ebd8a.

Split Complementary Colors of #8ebd8a

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 #8ebd8a — which has hue 115.3° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 115.3° and 325.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8ebd8a.

Tetradic Colors of #8ebd8a

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 #8ebd8a — which has hue 115.3° — its tetradic colors are located at 25.3°, 115.3°, 205.3°, and 295.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #8ebd8a.

Monochromatic Colors of #8ebd8a

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #8ebd8a, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #688665 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #c1e4be (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #8ebd8a

We want to make getting started with #8ebd8a on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #8ebd8a into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a with other HTML elements.

#8ebd8a Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #8ebd8a.
<span style="color: #8ebd8a;">The color of this text is #8ebd8a.</span>

#8ebd8a Background Color

The background color for this text is #8ebd8a.
<div style="background-color: #8ebd8a; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #8ebd8a.</div>

#8ebd8a Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #8ebd8a.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #8ebd8a;">This color for the shadow of this text is #8ebd8a.</span>

#8ebd8a Border Color

This is a div with border color #8ebd8a.
<div style="border: #8ebd8a 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #8ebd8a.</div>

#8ebd8a Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #8ebd8a on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8ebd8a; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8ebd8a on a white background.</div></div>

#8ebd8a Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #8ebd8a on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #8ebd8a; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #8ebd8a on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #8ebd8a to White

This is a gradient from #8ebd8a to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8ebd8a,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8ebd8a to white.</div>

Gradient from #8ebd8a to Black

This is a gradient from #8ebd8a to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#8ebd8a,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#8ebd8a,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #8ebd8a to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #8ebd8a

In addition to using #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #8ebd8a, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 142, Green = 189, Blue = 138). If you need details about the color coordinates of #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(142, 189, 138)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #8ebd8a; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #8ebd8a; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #8ebd8a; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(142, 189, 138);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#8ebd8a")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:142, green:189, blue:138, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:142 green:189 blue:138 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(142f, 189f, 138f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(142, 189, 138);
 

#8ebd8a Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #8ebd8a the same way. For those with color blindness, #8ebd8a might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #8ebd8a looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a 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 #8ebd8a 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 2.1:1 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
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text