Recognised as Colour

#49DF3E

#49DF3E
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#49DF3E is a green with RGB values 73, 223, 62 and HSL 116°, 72%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#49DF3E#49DF3E

HEX#49DF3E

RGBrgb(73, 223, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8745, 0.2431

RGB percentages28.6%, 87.5%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(115.9, 71.6%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(115.9, 72.2%, 87.5%)

CMYK67.3%, 0%, 72.2%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,841,278

CSS custom property--colour: #49DF3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#B620C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CA21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BE4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Tritanopia#25D8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 6.6 Spring green · ΔE 21.2 Lawn green · ΔE 23.6 Chartreuse · ΔE 24.7 Green yellow · ΔE 27.3 Lime · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D43EDF

Analogous#9ADF3E, #3EDF84

Triadic#3E49DF, #DF3E49

Split complementary#833EDF, #DF3E9A

Tetradic#3E9ADF, #D43EDF, #DF833E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFCED

Lighter +30%#C5F5C1

Lighter +20%#9CEE95

Lighter +10%#72E66A

Darker −10%#2DC921

Darker −20%#239D1A

Darker −30%#197113

Darker −40%#0F450C

More saturated +25%#31FB22

Less saturated −25%#61C35A

Channel breakdown

R73

G223

B62

Red73 (28.6%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue115.9°

Saturation (HSL)71.56%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G DF · B 3E

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