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Recognised as Colour

#498A56

  • #498A56
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#498A56 is a green with RGB values 73, 138, 86 and HSL 132°, 31%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#498A56#498A56
HEX#498A56
RGBrgb(73, 138, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.5412, 0.3373
RGB percentages28.6%, 54.1%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(132, 30.8%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(132, 47.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK47.1%, 0%, 37.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,819,542
CSS custom property--colour: #498A56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#B675A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8052no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#827A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3E887Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.6Dark green · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A497D
Analogous#5D8A49, #498A77
Triadic#56498A, #8A5649
Split complementary#77498A, #8A495C
Tetradic#495C8A, #8A497D, #8A7649

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1DEC7
Lighter +30%#A0CCA9
Lighter +20%#7EBB8A
Lighter +10%#5DA96C
Darker −10%#376941
Darker −20%#26472C
Darker −30%#142618
Darker −40%#020503
More saturated +25%#2FA446
Less saturated −25%#637066

Channel breakdown

R73
G138
B86
Red73 (28.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue132°
Saturation (HSL)30.81%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G 8A · B 56

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