Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Scheele Green

Scheele Green is a jewel tone green color with HEX #478800. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 71, 136, 0, HSL 89, 100%, 27%, cool temperature, and is useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems.

#478800 green cool jewel-tone
HEX #478800
RGB rgb(71, 136, 0)
HSL hsl(89 100% 27%)
CMYK cmyk(48, 0, 100, 47)
Luminance 0.1895
Contrast Black 4.79:1White 4.38:1

CSS Utilities

--color-scheeles-green: #478800;
.bg-scheeles-green { background-color: #478800; }
.text-scheeles-green { color: #478800; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1895
Black text4.79:1AA Pass
White text4.38:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    136,
    0
  ],
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    100,
    27
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    100,
    47
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1895,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 4.79,
    "white": 4.38
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#43008A",
  "analogous": [
    "#8A8700",
    "#028A00"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#00478A",
    "#8A0047"
  ],
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    "#008A87",
    "#43008A",
    "#8A0002"
  ],
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    "#87008A"
  ],
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    "#77E600",
    "#478800",
    "#182E00"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#77E600",
  "dark": "#182E00",
  "saturated": "#478A00",
  "desaturated": "#477B0F",
  "pastel": "#88ED1D",
  "neon": "#5CB300"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#43008A",
    "#8A8700",
    "#028A00"
  ],
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    "#77E600"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#77E600",
    "#477B0F"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "fern-frond",
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  },
  "family": "green",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  "popularity": 84,
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  ],
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    100,
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  "contrast": {
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  },
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      "#77E600"
    ],
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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      "#77E600",
      "#477B0F"
    ]
  }
}
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Color meaning and use

About Scheele Green Color

Scheele Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and jewel tone visual character. Scheele Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include heritage, craft, and specificity, which makes it relevant for museum design and education. In design work, Scheele Green is most useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Scheele Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #478800.Scheele Green CSS utilitiesUse Scheele Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#478800 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Scheele Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Scheele Green.Scheele Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Scheele Green against black and white text.

Black text4.79:1AA Pass
White text4.38:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Avocado#568203
Terre Verte#385E0F
Fern Frond#657220
Forest Green#228B22
Olive Drab#6B8E23

Color Harmonies

#43008A#43008A
#8A8700#8A8700
#028A00#028A00
#00478A#00478A
#8A0047#8A0047
Open full Scheele Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#77E600#77E600
#182E00#182E00
#478A00#478A00
#477B0F#477B0F
#88ED1D#88ED1D
#5CB300#5CB300

Pairings

Black#000000
#43008A#43008A
#8A8700#8A8700
#028A00#028A00
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5