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Recognised as Colour

#48C51D

  • #48C51D
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#48C51D is a green with RGB values 72, 197, 29 and HSL 105°, 74%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#48C51D#48C51D
HEX#48C51D
RGBrgb(72, 197, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7725, 0.1137
RGB percentages28.2%, 77.3%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(104.6, 74.3%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.6, 85.3%, 77.3%)
CMYK63.5%, 0%, 85.3%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,769,053
CSS custom property--colour: #48C51D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#B73AE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBB200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCA935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Tritanopia#36BEA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 7.1Yellow green · ΔE 24.5Lawn green · ΔE 27.5Green yellow · ΔE 28.6Chartreuse · ΔE 28.8Spring green · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A1DC5
Analogous#9CC51D, #1DC546
Triadic#1D48C5, #C51D48
Split complementary#461DC5, #C51D9C
Tetradic#1D9CC5, #9A1DC5, #C5461D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8F5B9
Lighter +30%#A6EE8D
Lighter +20%#83E860
Lighter +10%#60E134
Darker −10%#389916
Darker −20%#286C10
Darker −30%#174009
Darker −40%#071303
More saturated +25%#3AE101
Less saturated −25%#56A939

Channel breakdown

R72
G197
B29
Red72 (28.2%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue104.64°
Saturation (HSL)74.34%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G C5 · B 1D

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