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Recognised as Colour

#48DC81

  • #48DC81
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#48DC81 is a green with RGB values 72, 220, 129 and HSL 143°, 68%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#48DC81#48DC81
HEX#48DC81
RGBrgb(72, 220, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8627, 0.5059
RGB percentages28.2%, 86.3%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(143.1, 67.9%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(143.1, 67.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK67.3%, 0%, 41.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,775,041
CSS custom property--colour: #48DC81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#B7237E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCCA7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABD87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 14.8Light green · ΔE 15.3Pale green · ΔE 16.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.4Spring green · ΔE 24.6Limegreen · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC48A3
Analogous#59DC48, #48DCCB
Triadic#8148DC, #DC8148
Split complementary#CB48DC, #DC4859
Tetradic#4859DC, #DC48A3, #DCCB48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FDF7
Lighter +30%#C8F5D9
Lighter +20%#9EECBC
Lighter +10%#73E49E
Darker −10%#27CA66
Darker −20%#1F9F50
Darker −30%#16753B
Darker −40%#0E4A25
More saturated +25%#2DF77B
Less saturated −25%#63C187

Channel breakdown

R72
G220
B129
Red72 (28.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue143.11°
Saturation (HSL)67.89%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G DC · B 81

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