Recognised as Colour

#488B35

#488B35
Green
Dark
Nearest: Forest green

#488B35 is a green with RGB values 72, 139, 53 and HSL 107°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#488B35#488B35

HEX#488B35

RGBrgb(72, 139, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.5451, 0.2078

RGB percentages28.2%, 54.5%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(106.7, 44.8%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(106.7, 61.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK48.2%, 0%, 61.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,754,229

CSS custom property--colour: #488B35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#B774CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F7F2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#867A3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#428779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 13 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.2 Dark green · ΔE 16.9 Green · ΔE 18.4 Sea green · ΔE 18.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78358B

Analogous#738B35, #358B4D

Triadic#35488B, #8B3548

Split complementary#4D358B, #8B3573

Tetradic#35738B, #78358B, #8B4D35

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B8E0AC

Lighter +30%#98D188

Lighter +20%#78C363

Lighter +10%#5BB043

Darker −10%#356627

Darker −20%#224119

Darker −30%#0F1C0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3BA31D

Less saturated −25%#55734D

Channel breakdown

R72

G139

B53

Red72 (28.2%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue106.74°

Saturation (HSL)44.79%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G 8B · B 35

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Colour values

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