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Colour

#498B5E

  • #498B5E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#498B5E is a green with RGB values 73, 139, 94 and HSL 139°, 31%, 42%. 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

#498B5E#498B5E
HEX#498B5E
RGBrgb(73, 139, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.5451, 0.3686
RGB percentages28.6%, 54.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(139.1, 31.1%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(139.1, 47.5%, 54.5%)
CMYK47.5%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,819,806
CSS custom property--colour: #498B5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#B674A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B825Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#817B61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3B897Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 21Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 25.8Teal · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B4976
Analogous#558B49, #498B7F
Triadic#5E498B, #8B5E49
Split complementary#7F498B, #8B4955
Tetradic#49558B, #8B4976, #8B7F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1DFCB
Lighter +30%#A0CDAE
Lighter +20%#7EBC92
Lighter +10%#5DAA76
Darker −10%#376A47
Darker −20%#264831
Darker −30%#14271A
Darker −40%#030504
More saturated +25%#2EA554
Less saturated −25%#637068

Channel breakdown

R73
G139
B94
Red73 (28.6%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue139.09°
Saturation (HSL)31.13%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G 8B · B 5E

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