#80FFB5
Mint · very light cool green
About #80FFB5
With the hex code #80FFB5, this is a very light green with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Mint and Emerald — a ΔE of 15.3 — followed by Emerald. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FF80CA, a hot pink shade.
In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #80FFB5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #80FFB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #80FFB5?
With the hex code #80FFB5, this is a very light green with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #80FFB5?
Use black text. Black on #80FFB5 has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #80FFB5?
Its complementary colour is #FF80CA, and analogous partners are #8BFF80 and #80FFF4.