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Recognised as Colour

#486D17

  • #486D17
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#486D17 is a green with RGB values 72, 109, 23 and HSL 86°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#486D17#486D17
HEX#486D17
RGBrgb(72, 109, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4275, 0.0902
RGB percentages28.2%, 42.7%, 9%
HSLhsl(85.8, 65.2%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(85.8, 78.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 78.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,746,519
CSS custom property--colour: #486D17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#B792E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#726405no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6220no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4A685Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#3C176D
Analogous#6D6717, #1D6D17
Triadic#17486D, #6D1748
Split complementary#171D6D, #67176D
Tetradic#176D67, #3C176D, #6D171D

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#B0E16F
Lighter +30%#99D845
Lighter +20%#80C129
Lighter +10%#649720
Darker −10%#2C430E
Darker −20%#101905
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A7E06
Less saturated −25%#465C27

Channel breakdown

R72
G109
B23
Red72 (28.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue85.81°
Saturation (HSL)65.15%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 6D · B 17

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