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Recognised as Colour

#4E8A60

  • #4E8A60
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#4E8A60 is a green with RGB values 78, 138, 96 and HSL 138°, 28%, 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

#4E8A60#4E8A60
HEX#4E8A60
RGBrgb(78, 138, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.5412, 0.3765
RGB percentages30.6%, 54.1%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(138, 27.8%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138, 43.5%, 54.1%)
CMYK43.5%, 0%, 30.4%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,147,232
CSS custom property--colour: #4E8A60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#B1759F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A815Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#817B62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#42887Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 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 text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.1Teal · ΔE 25.4Dark cyan · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A4E78
Analogous#5A8A4E, #4E8A7E
Triadic#604E8A, #8A604E
Split complementary#7E4E8A, #8A4E5A
Tetradic#4E5A8A, #8A4E78, #8A7E4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5DECD
Lighter +30%#A5CCB1
Lighter +20%#84BA94
Lighter +10%#64A778
Darker −10%#3C6949
Darker −20%#294933
Darker −30%#17281C
Darker −40%#040805
More saturated +25%#33A555
Less saturated −25%#696F6B

Channel breakdown

R78
G138
B96
Red78 (30.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue138°
Saturation (HSL)27.78%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4E · G 8A · B 60

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