Recognised as Colour

#49B209

#49B209
Green
Dark
Nearest: Limegreen

#49B209 is a green with RGB values 73, 178, 9 and HSL 97°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#49B209

RGBrgb(73, 178, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.698, 0.0353

RGB percentages28.6%, 69.8%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(97.3, 90.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(97.3, 94.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK59%, 0%, 94.9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,829,705

CSS custom property--colour: #49B209;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1

Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#B64DF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9928no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Tritanopia#3FAB97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 14.4 Yellow green · ΔE 21.6 Green · ΔE 23.2 Forest green · ΔE 24.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.3 Green yellow · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 14.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7209B2

Analogous#9DB209, #09B21D

Triadic#0949B2, #B20949

Split complementary#1D09B2, #B2099E

Tetradic#099EB2, #7209B2, #B21D09

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B6F98E

Lighter +30%#97F75D

Lighter +20%#78F42D

Lighter +10%#5DE30B

Darker −10%#358107

Darker −20%#215104

Darker −30%#0D2002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#47BB00

Less saturated −25%#4F9B20

Channel breakdown

R73

G178

Red73 (28.6%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue97.28°

Saturation (HSL)90.37%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G B2 · B 09

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