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Recognised as Colour

#47972E

  • #47972E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#47972E is a green with RGB values 71, 151, 46 and HSL 106°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#47972E#47972E
HEX#47972E
RGBrgb(71, 151, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.5922, 0.1804
RGB percentages27.8%, 59.2%, 18%
HSLhsl(105.7, 53.3%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105.7, 69.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK53%, 0%, 69.5%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,691,758
CSS custom property--colour: #47972E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#B868D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B8A1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#918338no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3F9282no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 7.5Green · ΔE 12.7Olivedrab · ΔE 16.5Dark green · ΔE 20Medium seagreen · ΔE 24Sea green · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E2E97
Analogous#7C972E, #2E974A
Triadic#2E4797, #972E47
Split complementary#4A2E97, #972E7B
Tetradic#2E7B97, #7E2E97, #974A2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9E6AB
Lighter +30%#99DA84
Lighter +20%#78CE5D
Lighter +10%#59BE3A
Darker −10%#357022
Darker −20%#224916
Darker −30%#10220A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3AB015
Less saturated −25%#547E47

Channel breakdown

R71
G151
B46
Red71 (27.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue105.71°
Saturation (HSL)53.3%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 47 · G 97 · B 2E

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