Colour

#048956

#048956
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#048956 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 137, 86 and HSL 157°, 94%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#048956#048956

HEX#048956

RGBrgb(4, 137, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.5373, 0.3373

RGB percentages1.6%, 53.7%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(157, 94.3%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157, 97.1%, 53.7%)

CMYK97.1%, 0%, 37.2%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer297,302

CSS custom property--colour: #048956;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#FB76A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887D53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A7359no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00887Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 4.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6 Forest green · ΔE 26.9 Dark green · ΔE 27.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 4.79, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#890437

Analogous#048914, #047A89

Triadic#560489, #895604

Split complementary#89047A, #891404

Tetradic#130489, #890437, #7A8904

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5FFABF

Lighter +30%#2DF9AB

Lighter +20%#07EC94

Lighter +10%#05BB75

Darker −10%#035737

Darker −20%#012618

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008D57

Less saturated −25%#167752

Channel breakdown

G137

B86

Red4 (1.6%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue156.99°

Saturation (HSL)94.33%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 04 · G 89 · B 56

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