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#8ca231 color: Biology Experiments

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72°
100%

OKLCH

67.3%
0.138
120°
  • ≈ Olive
  • Lime
  • Medium
  • Vivid
  • Neutral
  • lime-600
  • Black 36%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.87:1 · Below AALc -60
Black text7.33:1 · AALc 49

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About #8ca231

#8ca231 is a bright lime color. In OKLCH it has 67.3% lightness, 0.138 chroma and a hue of 120°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.87:1 contrast and black text 7.33:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Biology Experiments (#91a135). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is lime-600.

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Lighter: #8ca231 mixed with white

  1. 8ca231
  2. 97ab4b
  3. a2b562
  4. adbe76
  5. b8c78a
  6. c3d19e
  7. cfdab1
  8. dbe3c5
  9. e7ecd8
  10. f3f6ec

Darker: #8ca231 mixed with black

  1. 8ca231
  2. 798c29
  3. 677722
  4. 55631a
  5. 434f13
  6. 333c0c
  7. 232a06
  8. 141903
  9. 070a01
  10. 010100

Calmer: #8ca231 with less saturation

  1. 8ca231
  2. 8da141
  3. 8ea04d
  4. 8f9f59
  5. 909e63
  6. 919d6c
  7. 929c75
  8. 939a7e
  9. 949986
  10. 95988e