#48A142#48A142

#48A142 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.158 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A142
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(116, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(116, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -45.84, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 61.38, 138.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1249 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.158 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3999, 27.2594, 9.5506)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A142 #9B42A1

analogous

#77A142 #48A142 #42A16C

triadic

#48A142 #4248A1 #A14248

tetradic

#48A142 #4277A1 #9B42A1 #A16C42

square

#48A142 #4277A1 #9B42A1 #A16C42

split-complementary

#48A142 #6C42A1 #A14277

monochromatic

#214A1E #357630 #48A142 #68BF62 #91D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#48A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#48A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A142

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A142	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.158 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bd79',
    500: '#48a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a142;
$custom-light: #83bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.211,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.633,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A142

secondary

#B883BB

accent

#56D2CA

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A142

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

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