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Recognised as Colour

#48A85A

  • #48A85A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#48A85A is a green with RGB values 72, 168, 90 and HSL 131°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#48A85A#48A85A
HEX#48A85A
RGBrgb(72, 168, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6588, 0.3529
RGB percentages28.2%, 65.9%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(131.3, 40%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(131.3, 57.1%, 65.9%)
CMYK57.1%, 0%, 46.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,761,690
CSS custom property--colour: #48A85A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#B757A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9A54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D925Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#33A595no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.9Sea green · ΔE 16.6Forest green · ΔE 17.7Green · ΔE 24.6Light green · ΔE 25.3Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A84896
Analogous#66A848, #48A88A
Triadic#5A48A8, #A85A48
Split complementary#8A48A8, #A84866
Tetradic#4866A8, #A84896, #A88A48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1EBD6
Lighter +30%#ADDCB6
Lighter +20%#89CD96
Lighter +10%#66BD76
Darker −10%#398447
Darker −20%#296134
Darker −30%#1A3D21
Darker −40%#0B190D
More saturated +25%#2AC647
Less saturated −25%#668A6D

Channel breakdown

R72
G168
B90
Red72 (28.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue131.25°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G A8 · B 5A

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