#aadd00 Color Information

#aadd00 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 #aadd00, and its official name is Slimer Green. In RGB, it consists of 66.7% Red, 86.7% Green, and 0.0% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 23.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 100% Yellow, and 13.3% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 73.8°, with saturation of 100% and lightness of 43.3%. The decimal value for #aadd00 is 11197696, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99cc00. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #aadd00 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#aadd00 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this colorSlimer Green Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color170, 221, 0 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color66.7%, 86.7%, 0.0% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.333, 0.133, 1.000 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.231, 0, 1, 0.133 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color73.8°, 100.0%, 43.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color73.8°, 100.0%, 86.7% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color42.434, 60.259, 9.395 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color0, 221, 51 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11197696 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color81.979, -40.177, 80.553 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)81.979, 90.016, 116.509 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color81.979, -25.218, 93.980 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color77.627, -38.271, 47.163 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.379, 0.538, 60.259 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289387776 / 0xffaadd00 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99cc00 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #aadd00

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #aadd00, its pure hue is 73.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 43.3%. 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 #aadd00, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #151c00 to #95c100.

Tints of #aadd00

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #aadd00, its pure hue is 73.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 43.3%. 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 #aadd00, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b5e120 to #f4fbdf.

Tones of #aadd00

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #aadd00, its pure hue is 73.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, 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 #aadd00, which range from #6f6f6f (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #aadd00 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #aadd00

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #aadd00! For #aadd00, 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, #aadd00. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #aadd00

This color, #aadd00, consists of 66.7% Red, 86.7% Green, and 0.0% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 170, Green = 221, Blue = 0. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #aadd00 is 23.1% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 100% Yellow, and 13.3% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R66.7%
C23.1%
G86.7%
M0.0%
B0.0%
Y100.0%
K13.3%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 170 221 0
Octal 252 335 0
Hexa #aa #dd #00
Binary 10101010 11011101 00000000
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 23 0 100 13
Octal 27 0 144 15
Hexa #17 #00 #64 #0d
Binary 00010111 00000000 01100100 00001101

Analogous Colors of #aadd00

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #aadd00 — which has hue 73.8° — its analogous colors are located at 43.8° and 103.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aadd00.

Triadic Colors of #aadd00

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 #aadd00 — which has hue 73.8° — its triadic colors are located at 73.8° and 313.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aadd00.

Complementary Color of #aadd00

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #aadd00 — which has hue 73.8° — its complementary color is located at 253.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aadd00.

Split Complementary Colors of #aadd00

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 #aadd00 — which has hue 73.8° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 73.8° and 283.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aadd00.

Tetradic Colors of #aadd00

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 #aadd00 — which has hue 73.8° — its tetradic colors are located at 343.8°, 73.8°, 163.8°, and 253.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #aadd00.

Monochromatic Colors of #aadd00

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #aadd00, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #556f00 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d6ff4d (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #aadd00

We want to make getting started with #aadd00 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #aadd00 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #aadd00 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 #aadd00 with other HTML elements.

#aadd00 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #aadd00.
<span style="color: #aadd00;">The color of this text is #aadd00.</span>

#aadd00 Background Color

The background color for this text is #aadd00.
<div style="background-color: #aadd00; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #aadd00.</div>

#aadd00 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #aadd00.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #aadd00;">This color for the shadow of this text is #aadd00.</span>

#aadd00 Border Color

This is a div with border color #aadd00.
<div style="border: #aadd00 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #aadd00.</div>

#aadd00 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #aadd00 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aadd00; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aadd00 on a white background.</div></div>

#aadd00 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #aadd00 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #aadd00; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #aadd00 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #aadd00 to White

This is a gradient from #aadd00 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aadd00,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aadd00 to white.</div>

Gradient from #aadd00 to Black

This is a gradient from #aadd00 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#aadd00,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#aadd00,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #aadd00 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #aadd00

In addition to using #aadd00 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 #aadd00 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #aadd00, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 170, Green = 221, Blue = 0). If you need details about the color coordinates of #aadd00 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 #aadd00
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(170, 221, 0)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #aadd00; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #aadd00; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #aadd00; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(170, 221, 0);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#aadd00")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:170, green:221, blue:0, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:170 green:221 blue:0 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(170f, 221f, 0f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(170, 221, 0);
 

#aadd00 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #aadd00 the same way. For those with color blindness, #aadd00 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #aadd00 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #aadd00 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 #aadd00 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 #aadd00 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 #aadd00 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 1.6:1 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