#48A172#48A172

#48A172 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.112 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A172
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(148, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(148, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 29.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -37.90, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 41.37, 156.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.1037 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.112 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4531, 28.0807, 20.3640)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A172 #A14877

analogous

#4AA148 #48A172 #48A19E

triadic

#48A172 #7248A1 #A17248

tetradic

#48A172 #484AA1 #A14877 #A19E48

square

#48A172 #484AA1 #A14877 #A19E48

split-complementary

#48A172 #9E48A1 #A1484A

monochromatic

#224C36 #357754 #48A172 #6ABC91 #94CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#48A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#48A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A172

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A172	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0966F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.112 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bd9a',
    500: '#48a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a172;
$custom-light: #82bd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.315,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A172

secondary

#BB8AA4

accent

#5A97CE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A172

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

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