Recognised as Colour

#4EDA37

#4EDA37
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#4EDA37 is a green with RGB values 78, 218, 55 and HSL 112°, 69%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#4EDA37

RGBrgb(78, 218, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.8549, 0.2157

RGB percentages30.6%, 85.5%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(111.5, 68.8%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(111.5, 74.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK64.2%, 0%, 74.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,167,671

CSS custom property--colour: #4EDA37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#B125C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C612no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBB49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Tritanopia#35D3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 5.8 Lawn green · ΔE 23.5 Spring green · ΔE 23.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 24.7 Green yellow · ΔE 26.3 Yellow green · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 5.79, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C337DA

Analogous#9FDA37, #37DA71

Triadic#374EDA, #DA374E

Split complementary#7137DA, #DA37A0

Tetradic#37A0DA, #C337DA, #DA7237

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6FAE3

Lighter +30%#C0F2B8

Lighter +20%#9AEA8D

Lighter +10%#74E262

Darker −10%#38BB23

Darker −20%#2B901B

Darker −30%#1E6513

Darker −40%#113A0B

More saturated +25%#39F819

Less saturated −25%#63BC55

Channel breakdown

R78

G218

B55

Red78 (30.6%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue111.53°

Saturation (HSL)68.78%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 4E · G DA · B 37

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