Official name of this color
#68EC00
Official name of this color
#68EC00
Does it pop as a button? Stay readable as a background? Survive at badge size?
If an entire site used it as the primary color, it would feel like this —
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How this color performs against black and white text.
White text on this background
Aa Ratio 1.55:1
Black text on this background
Aa Ratio 13.59:1
:root {
--color: #68EC00;
--color-rgb: 104, 236, 0;
--color-hsl: 93.6, 100%, 46.3%;
}
.bg-color { background-color: #68EC00; }
.text-on-color { color: #000000; }
.border-color { border-color: #68EC00; }
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #68EC00 0%, 66FF00 100%);
}Nearest official code in each standard system, ranked by CIEDE2000.
Official color from public brand materials (simple-icons CC0 dataset)
What the ancients would have called this color.
The same color, as named in Japanese tradition.
Based on the Machado (2009) model - see how this color appears to 8 types of color vision.
Normal vision
#68EC00
Standard trichromatic vision with all three cone types functioning.
Protanomaly
#C8D500
Abnormal L cone sensitivity (~1% of men). Weakened red perception.
Protanopia
#FFC500
Missing L cones (~1% of men). Reds are hard to perceive.
Deuteranomaly
#BACF05
Abnormal M cone sensitivity (~6% of men). The most common deficiency.
Deuteranopia
#F1BC09
Missing M cones (~1% of men). Reds and greens are confused.
Tritanomaly
#6DDD62
Abnormal S cone sensitivity (extremely rare). Weakened blue-yellow perception.
Tritanopia
#70D4A4
Missing S cones (extremely rare). Blues and yellows are confused.
Achromatomaly
#8CC85D
Severely weakened color vision (~0.001%). Colors appear washed out.
Achromatopsia
#BFBFBF
No color vision at all (~0.003%). The world is shades of grey.
Closest names by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance.
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Text readability sample
color: #68EC00;Text readability sample
background-color: #68EC00;Text readability sample
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #68EC00;linear-gradient(90deg, #68EC00, #8400EC)Drag hue, saturation and lightness to preview live - find the version that feels right.
This is the color with hex code #68EC00. Its RGB channels are 104, 236, 0; the closest human-readable name is "7.5GY 8/22" (ΔE 0.46, CIEDE2000).
#68EC00 is rgb(104, 236, 0) in RGB, hsl(93.6, 100%, 46.3%) in HSL and cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 100%, 7.5%) in CMYK.
Its complement #8400EC works best, along with triadic and analogous harmonies - see the harmony section below to copy full palettes.
Contrast with black text is 13.59:1 and with white text 1.55:1. WCAG 2.1 requires at least 4.5:1 for body text (AA) and 3:1 for large text.