Recognised as Colour

#478C51

#478C51
Green
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#478C51 is a green with RGB values 71, 140, 81 and HSL 129°, 33%, 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

#478C51#478C51

HEX#478C51

RGBrgb(71, 140, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.549, 0.3176

RGB percentages27.8%, 54.9%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(128.7, 32.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(128.7, 49.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK49.3%, 0%, 42.1%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,688,977

CSS custom property--colour: #478C51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#B873AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E824Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#847B55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3B897Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 6.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.5 Forest green · ΔE 24.8 Dark green · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8C4782

Analogous#608C47, #478C73

Triadic#51478C, #8C5147

Split complementary#73478C, #8C4760

Tetradic#47608C, #8C4782, #8C7347

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C0DFC4

Lighter +30%#9ECEA5

Lighter +20%#7CBD86

Lighter +10%#5AAC66

Darker −10%#366A3D

Darker −20%#25482A

Darker −30%#142616

Darker −40%#020503

More saturated +25%#2DA63E

Less saturated −25%#617264

Channel breakdown

R71

G140

B81

Red71 (27.8%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue128.7°

Saturation (HSL)32.7%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 47 · G 8C · B 51

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