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Recognised as Colour

#474D40

  • #474D40
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#474D40 is a green with RGB values 71, 77, 64 and HSL 88°, 9%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#474D40#474D40
HEX#474D40
RGBrgb(71, 77, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.302, 0.251
RGB percentages27.8%, 30.2%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(87.7, 9.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87.7, 16.9%, 30.2%)
CMYK7.8%, 0%, 16.9%, 69.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,672,832
CSS custom property--colour: #474D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#B8B2BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F4B3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E4B41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#484C49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.5Dim grey · ΔE 15.3Gray · ΔE 23.4Slate grey · ΔE 27.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.2Light slate grey · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46404D
Analogous#4D4D40, #414D40
Triadic#40474D, #4D4047
Split complementary#40414D, #4C404D
Tetradic#404D4C, #46404D, #4D4041

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADB4A5
Lighter +30%#949D89
Lighter +20%#7A856E
Lighter +10%#616957
Darker −10%#2D3129
Darker −20%#141512
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#485F2E
Less saturated −25%#474747

Channel breakdown

R71
G77
B64
Red71 (27.8%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue87.69°
Saturation (HSL)9.22%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G 4D · B 40

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