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Recognised as Colour

#458A42

  • #458A42
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#458A42 is a green with RGB values 69, 138, 66 and HSL 118°, 35%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#458A42#458A42
HEX#458A42
RGBrgb(69, 138, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.5412, 0.2588
RGB percentages27.1%, 54.1%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(117.5, 35.3%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117.5, 52.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK50%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,557,378
CSS custom property--colour: #458A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#BA75BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7F3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#837947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3C8679no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12Forest green · ΔE 18.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.1Dark green · ΔE 19.5Olivedrab · ΔE 20.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87428A
Analogous#698A42, #428A63
Triadic#42458A, #8A4245
Split complementary#63428A, #8A4269
Tetradic#42698A, #87428A, #8A6342

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCDEBA
Lighter +30%#9ACD98
Lighter +20%#78BD75
Lighter +10%#56AC53
Darker −10%#346732
Darker −20%#234521
Darker −30%#112211
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2EA329
Less saturated −25%#5C715C

Channel breakdown

R69
G138
B66
Red69 (27.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue117.5°
Saturation (HSL)35.29%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G 8A · B 42

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