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Recognised as Colour

#478B5B

  • #478B5B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#478B5B is a green with RGB values 71, 139, 91 and HSL 138°, 32%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#478B5B#478B5B
HEX#478B5B
RGBrgb(71, 139, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5451, 0.3569
RGB percentages27.8%, 54.5%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(137.6, 32.4%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137.6, 48.9%, 54.5%)
CMYK48.9%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,688,731
CSS custom property--colour: #478B5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#B874A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8158no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#827A5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#39897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.2Teal · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B4777
Analogous#558B47, #478B7D
Triadic#5B478B, #8B5B47
Split complementary#7D478B, #8B4755
Tetradic#47558B, #8B4777, #8B7D47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFDFC9
Lighter +30%#9ECDAC
Lighter +20%#7CBC8F
Lighter +10%#5AAB72
Darker −10%#366945
Darker −20%#25472F
Darker −30%#132619
Darker −40%#020403
More saturated +25%#2DA550
Less saturated −25%#617166

Channel breakdown

R71
G139
B91
Red71 (27.8%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue137.65°
Saturation (HSL)32.38%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G 8B · B 5B

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