Recognised as Colour

#48DD59

#48DD59
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#48DD59 is a green with RGB values 72, 221, 89 and HSL 127°, 69%, 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 Limegreen.

Colour values

#48DD59#48DD59

HEX#48DD59

RGBrgb(72, 221, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8667, 0.349

RGB percentages28.2%, 86.7%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(126.8, 68.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(126.8, 67.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK67.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,257

CSS custom property--colour: #48DD59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#B722A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C94Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBD64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Tritanopia#16D7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 10.9 Spring green · ΔE 16.5 Medium spring green · ΔE 22.6 Pale green · ΔE 25 Light green · ΔE 25.6 Yellow green · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DD48CC

Analogous#82DD48, #48DDA3

Triadic#5948DD, #DD5948

Split complementary#A348DD, #DD4882

Tetradic#4882DD, #DD48CC, #DDA348

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F4FDF5

Lighter +30%#C9F5CE

Lighter +20%#9EEDA7

Lighter +10%#73E580

Darker −10%#26CC39

Darker −20%#1EA12D

Darker −30%#167621

Darker −40%#0E4B15

More saturated +25%#2DF844

Less saturated −25%#63C26E

Channel breakdown

R72

G221

B89

Red72 (28.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue126.85°

Saturation (HSL)68.66%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DD · B 59

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