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Recognised as Colour

#48BF1A

  • #48BF1A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#48BF1A is a green with RGB values 72, 191, 26 and HSL 103°, 76%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#48BF1A#48BF1A
HEX#48BF1A
RGBrgb(72, 191, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.749, 0.102
RGB percentages28.2%, 74.9%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(103.3, 76%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103.3, 86.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK62.3%, 0%, 86.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,767,514
CSS custom property--colour: #48BF1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#B740E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5AD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A432no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Tritanopia#38B8A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 8.9Yellow green · ΔE 23.3Green · ΔE 27.8Forest green · ΔE 28.4Lawn green · ΔE 30Green yellow · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#911ABF
Analogous#9BBF1A, #1ABF3E
Triadic#1A48BF, #BF1A48
Split complementary#3E1ABF, #BF1A9B
Tetradic#1A9BBF, #911ABF, #BF3E1A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4F4B1
Lighter +30%#A1EE84
Lighter +20%#7FE857
Lighter +10%#5DE22A
Darker −10%#379214
Darker −20%#26650E
Darker −30%#153808
Darker −40%#040B02
More saturated +25%#3CD900
Less saturated −25%#54A435

Channel breakdown

R72
G191
B26
Red72 (28.2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue103.27°
Saturation (HSL)76.04%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G BF · B 1A

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