Information about #ADEF5B color

#ADEF5B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #ADEF5B is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 239, 91) — 67.8% red, 93.7% green, 35.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 26 / 0 / 58 / 6. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#ADEF5B presents itself as a strongly colored yellow-green — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Inchworm (#B2EC5D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brilliant Spring Bud (#AFE751) and Slime Green (#BCE954).

The recipe behind #ADEF5B is rgb(173, 239, 91), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #ADEF5B background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 15.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. No one has named #ADEF5B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#ADEF5B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ADEF5B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ADEF5B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADEF5B
  • RGB173, 239, 91
  • CMYK26, 0, 58, 6
  • CSSrgb(173, 239, 91)
  • HSL87°, 82%, 65%
  • HSL Precise86.757°, 82.222%, 64.706%
  • HSV87°, 62%, 94%
  • HSB87°, 62%, 94%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.937
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.937, 0.357)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.937, 0.357, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.937, 0.357)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB93.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDADEF5B
  • DECIMAL ID11399003
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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