#478B28#478B28

#478B28 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.149 H 137.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478B28
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(101, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(101, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, -39.88, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 59.56, 132.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.1103 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.149 137.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2138, 19.9572, 5.2156)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478B28 #6C288B

analogous

#788B28 #478B28 #288B3A

triadic

#478B28 #28478B #8B2847

tetradic

#478B28 #28788B #6C288B #8B3A28

square

#478B28 #28788B #6C288B #8B3A28

split-complementary

#478B28 #3A288B #8B2878

monochromatic

#162C0D #2F5B1A #478B28 #5FBB36 #81D05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#478B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#478B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478B28

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478B28	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.149 137.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad68',
    500: '#478b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478b28;
$custom-light: #81ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.212,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57106,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 137.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478B28

secondary

#9959B6

accent

#49DFB0

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #478B28

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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