HEX atlas value

#478800

#478800 is a cool green HEX color nearest Scheele Green. RGB 71, 136, 0, HSL 89° 100% 27%, luminance 0.1895; view contrast and conversions.

green cool jewel-tone

#478800 Sample readable text

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

--color-478800: #478800;
.background-478800 { background-color: #478800; }
.text-478800 { color: #478800; }

HEX meaning and use

About #478800

#478800 is classified as a cool green value with jewel tone visual character. #478800 is visually closest to Scheele Green, a named green color with HEX #478800.

The RGB channels are 71, 136, and 0, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 89deg with 100% saturation and 27% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.1895, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.79:1AA Pass

White text4.38:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #478800 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.79:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#182E00#182E00 · #FFFFFF text · best 14.69:1 #77E600#77E600 · #000000 text · best 13.1:1 #43008A#43008A · #FFFFFF text · best 13.08:1 Terre Verte#385E0F · #FFFFFF text · best 7.56:1 #8A8700#8A8700 · #000000 text · best 5.55:1

Generated Palette

Scheele Green#478800

#43008A#43008A

#8A8700#8A8700

#028A00#028A00

#77E600#77E600

#182E00#182E00

Color Harmonies

#43008A#43008A

#8A8700#8A8700

#028A00#028A00

#00478A#00478A

#8A0047#8A0047

Variants

#77E600#77E600

#182E00#182E00

#478A00#478A00

#477B0F#477B0F

#88ED1D#88ED1D

#5CB300#5CB300

Nearest Named Colors

Scheele Green#478800

Avocado#568203

Terre Verte#385E0F

Fern Frond#657220

Forest Green#228B22

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#478800","rgb":[71,136,0],"hsl":[89,100,27],"cmyk":[48,0,100,47],"luminance":0.1895,"contrast":{"black":4.79,"white":4.38}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.79,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#182E00","hex":"#182E00","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.43,"contrastWhite":14.69,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#77E600","hex":"#77E600","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.1,"contrastWhite":1.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#43008A","hex":"#43008A","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.61,"contrastWhite":13.08,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Terre Verte","hex":"#385E0F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.78,"contrastWhite":7.56,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#8A8700","hex":"#8A8700","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.55,"contrastWhite":3.79,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","jewel tone","jewel tone green","Scheele Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/478800.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/scheeles-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terre-verte.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#43008A","analogous":["#8A8700","#028A00"],"triadic":["#00478A","#8A0047"],"tetradic":["#008A87","#43008A","#8A0002"],"splitComplementary":["#00028A","#87008A"],"monochromatic":["#77E600","#478800","#182E00"]}

Variants

{"light":"#77E600","dark":"#182E00","saturated":"#478A00","desaturated":"#477B0F","pastel":"#88ED1D","neon":"#5CB300"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"scheeles-green","name":"Scheele Green","hex":"#478800","distance":0},{"slug":"avocado","name":"Avocado","hex":"#568203","distance":16.431676725154983},{"slug":"terre-verte","name":"Terre Verte","hex":"#385E0F","distance":47.05316142407437},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":49.07137658554119},{"slug":"forest-green","name":"Forest Green","hex":"#228B22","distance":50.33885179461288}]

#478800

CSS

About #478800

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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