#478c2e

Color #478c2e

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Forest Green #228b22 · ΔE 10.38 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#478c2e

RGB

rgb(71, 140, 46)

HSL

hsl(104, 50.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(104, 67.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 67.1%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(52.17, -39.76, 42.09)

LCH

lch(52.17, 57.9, 133.37)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.1462, 138.49)

HWB

hwb(104, 18%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#732e8c

Analogous

#768c2e

#478c2e

#2e8c44

Triadic

#478c2e

#2e478c

#8c2e47

Split-complementary

#478c2e

#442e8c

#8c2e76

Tetradic

#478c2e

#2e8c73

#732e8c

#8c2e47

Square

#478c2e

#2e768c

#732e8c

#8c442e

Shades

Color #478c2e mixed toward black.

#3b7526

#2f5d1f

#244617

#182f0f

#0c1708

Tints

Color #478c2e mixed toward white.

#5cb53b

#7aca5d

#9bd785

#bce4ae

#def2d6

Tones

Color #478c2e mixed toward gray.

#4b8436

#4e7c3e

#527546

#566d4d

#596555

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c52 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#686258 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#4c6568 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #478c2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478c2e]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Frequently asked questions

#478c2e (#478c2e) is rgb(71, 140, 46) in RGB.

No, #478c2e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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