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Recognised as Colour

#48E480

  • #48E480
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#48E480 is a green with RGB values 72, 228, 128 and HSL 142°, 74%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#48E480#48E480
HEX#48E480
RGBrgb(72, 228, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8941, 0.502
RGB percentages28.2%, 89.4%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(141.5, 74.3%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(141.5, 68.4%, 89.4%)
CMYK68.4%, 0%, 43.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,777,088
CSS custom property--colour: #48E480;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#B71B7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D178no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2C487no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 11.8Light green · ΔE 16.6Pale green · ΔE 16.9Spring green · ΔE 19.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.5Limegreen · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E448AC
Analogous#5EE448, #48E4CE
Triadic#8048E4, #E48048
Split complementary#CE48E4, #E4485E
Tetradic#485EE4, #E448AC, #E4CE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFEFB
Lighter +30%#CDF8DD
Lighter +20%#A1F1BE
Lighter +10%#74EB9F
Darker −10%#20D962
Darker −20%#19AD4E
Darker −30%#13803A
Darker −40%#0C5426
More saturated +25%#2EFE79
Less saturated −25%#62CA87

Channel breakdown

R72
G228
B128
Red72 (28.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue141.54°
Saturation (HSL)74.29%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G E4 · B 80

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