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Recognised as Colour

#48F255

  • #48F255
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#48F255 is a green with RGB values 72, 242, 85 and HSL 125°, 87%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#48F255#48F255
HEX#48F255
RGBrgb(72, 242, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.949, 0.3333
RGB percentages28.2%, 94.9%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(124.6, 86.7%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(124.6, 70.2%, 94.9%)
CMYK70.2%, 0%, 64.9%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,780,629
CSS custom property--colour: #48F255;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#B70DAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7DC41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3CE63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 13.2Spring green · ΔE 15.4Lawn green · ΔE 24.4Chartreuse · ΔE 25.4Lime · ΔE 26.1Medium spring green · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 13.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F248E5
Analogous#90F248, #48F2AA
Triadic#5548F2, #F25548
Split complementary#AA48F2, #F24890
Tetradic#4890F2, #F248E5, #F2AA48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D7FCDA
Lighter +20%#A7F9AD
Lighter +10%#78F581
Darker −10%#18EF29
Darker −20%#0EC61C
Darker −30%#0B9615
Darker −40%#07670F
More saturated +25%#3BFF4A
Less saturated −25%#61DA6A

Channel breakdown

R72
G242
B85
Red72 (28.2%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue124.59°
Saturation (HSL)86.73%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G F2 · B 55

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