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#48AD4F

#48ad4f ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#48ad4f is a color from the green family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 67.84% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.38% cyan, 0% magenta, 54.34% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 124.16°, with 41.22% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 6.25.

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Web safe#339966
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Relative luminance0.3183

Complementary

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #ad48a6

Split complementary

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #8248ad
  3. #ad4873

Analogous

  1. #73ad48
  2. #48ad4f
  3. #48ad82

Triadic

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #4f48ad
  3. #ad4f48

Tetradic

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #48a6ad
  3. #ad48a6
  4. #ad4f48

Square

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #4873ad
  3. #ad48a6
  4. #ad8248

Monochromatic

  1. #1b411e
  2. #327736
  3. #48ad4f
  4. #7ac87f
  5. #b0deb3

Shades

#48ad4f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #419c47
  3. #3a8a3f
  4. #327937
  5. #2b682f
  6. #245728
  7. #1d4520
  8. #163418
  9. #0e2310
  10. #071108
  11. #000000

Tints

#48ad4f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #5ab561
  3. #6dbd72
  4. #7fc684
  5. #91ce95
  6. #a4d6a7
  7. #b6deb9
  8. #c8e6ca
  9. #daefdc
  10. #edf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48ad4f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48ad4f
  2. #4ea954
  3. #53a459
  4. #59a05e
  5. #5e9b63
  6. #649768
  7. #6a926c
  8. #6f8e71
  9. #758976
  10. #7a857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09e46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39656 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #35a998 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a44a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #889f53 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3daa81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48ad4f {
  color: #48ad4f;
}
Background
.bg-48ad4f {
  background-color: #48ad4f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48ad4f {
  border: 2px solid #48ad4f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48ad4f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 173 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 124 41% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48ad4f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ad4f, #48ad82);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48ad4f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 173 79 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.25 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 7.39 #4cbb17 Kelly Green ΔE 7.97 #00a86b Jade ΔE 7.97 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.35 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 8.61 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 9.77 #b752b0 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#48ad4f  rgb(72, 173, 79)  hsl(124, 41%, 48%)  Medium Sea Green
#ad48a6  rgb(173, 72, 166)  hsl(304, 41%, 48%)  Purpureus
#4f48ad  rgb(79, 72, 173)  hsl(244, 41%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#ad4f48  rgb(173, 79, 72)  hsl(4, 41%, 48%)  Redwood