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Recognised as Colour

#488C56

  • #488C56
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#488C56 is a green with RGB values 72, 140, 86 and HSL 132°, 32%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#488C56#488C56
HEX#488C56
RGBrgb(72, 140, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.549, 0.3373
RGB percentages28.2%, 54.9%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(132.4, 32.1%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(132.4, 48.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK48.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,754,518
CSS custom property--colour: #488C56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#B773A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8252no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#837B59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3C8A7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 6.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.3Dark green · ΔE 27.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C487E
Analogous#5C8C48, #488C78
Triadic#56488C, #8C5648
Split complementary#78488C, #8C485C
Tetradic#485C8C, #8C487E, #8C7848

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1DFC7
Lighter +30%#9FCEA9
Lighter +20%#7EBC8B
Lighter +10%#5CAB6C
Darker −10%#376A41
Darker −20%#25492D
Darker −30%#142718
Darker −40%#030503
More saturated +25%#2EA746
Less saturated −25%#637266

Channel breakdown

R72
G140
B86
Red72 (28.2%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue132.35°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G 8C · B 56

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