Recognised as Colour

#48E12A

#48E12A
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#48E12A is a green with RGB values 72, 225, 42 and HSL 110°, 75%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#48E12A#48E12A

HEX#48E12A

RGBrgb(72, 225, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8824, 0.1647

RGB percentages28.2%, 88.2%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(110.2, 75.3%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(110.2, 81.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK68%, 0%, 81.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,776,234

CSS custom property--colour: #48E12A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55395WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#B71ED5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5C042no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64 from the original

Tritanopia#26DAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.5 Lawn green · ΔE 17.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 18.9 Lime · ΔE 22.3 Green yellow · ΔE 24.7 Spring green · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C32AE1

Analogous#A4E12A, #2AE167

Triadic#2A48E1, #E12A48

Split complementary#682AE1, #E12AA3

Tetradic#2AA4E1, #C32AE1, #E1682A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2FADD

Lighter +30%#BBF4B0

Lighter +20%#95EE83

Lighter +10%#6EE757

Darker −10%#35BD1B

Darker −20%#299114

Darker −30%#1C640E

Darker −40%#103708

More saturated +25%#34FF0C

Less saturated −25%#5CC348

Channel breakdown

R72

G225

B42

Red72 (28.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue110.16°

Saturation (HSL)75.31%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G E1 · B 2A

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