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Recognised as Colour

#487F40

  • #487F40
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#487F40 is a green with RGB values 72, 127, 64 and HSL 112°, 33%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#487F40#487F40
HEX#487F40
RGBrgb(72, 127, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.498, 0.251
RGB percentages28.2%, 49.8%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(112.4, 33%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(112.4, 49.6%, 49.8%)
CMYK43.3%, 0%, 49.6%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,751,168
CSS custom property--colour: #487F40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#B780BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82753Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A7044no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#437C70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.2Dark green · ΔE 21.4Olivedrab · ΔE 22.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.3Forest green · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77407F
Analogous#677F40, #407F58
Triadic#40487F, #7F4048
Split complementary#58407F, #7F4067
Tetradic#40677F, #77407F, #7F5840

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7D8B3
Lighter +30%#98C791
Lighter +20%#78B66F
Lighter +10%#5BA151
Darker −10%#355D2F
Darker −20%#223B1E
Darker −30%#0E190D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#369728
Less saturated −25%#5A6758

Channel breakdown

R72
G127
B64
Red72 (28.2%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue112.38°
Saturation (HSL)32.98%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 7F · B 40

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