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Recognised as Colour

#478F57

  • #478F57
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#478F57 is a green with RGB values 71, 143, 87 and HSL 133°, 34%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#478F57#478F57
HEX#478F57
RGBrgb(71, 143, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5608, 0.3412
RGB percentages27.8%, 56.1%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(133.3, 33.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(133.3, 50.3%, 56.1%)
CMYK50.3%, 0%, 39.2%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,689,751
CSS custom property--colour: #478F57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#B870A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#908553no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#867E5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#398D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 5.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.3Forest green · ΔE 26.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8F477F
Analogous#5B8F47, #478F7B
Triadic#57478F, #8F5747
Split complementary#7B478F, #8F475B
Tetradic#475B8F, #8F477F, #8F7B47

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2E0C8
Lighter +30%#9FD0AA
Lighter +20%#7DBF8C
Lighter +10%#5BAE6E
Darker −10%#366D42
Darker −20%#254B2E
Darker −30%#142919
Darker −40%#030704
More saturated +25%#2CAA48
Less saturated −25%#627466

Channel breakdown

R71
G143
B87
Red71 (27.8%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue133.33°
Saturation (HSL)33.64%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G 8F · B 57

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