#48A173#48A173

#48A173 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A173
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(149, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(149, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -37.69, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 40.97, 156.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.1032 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.111 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5103, 28.1036, 20.6654)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A173 #A14876

analogous

#49A148 #48A173 #48A19F

triadic

#48A173 #7348A1 #A17348

tetradic

#48A173 #4849A1 #A14876 #A19F48

square

#48A173 #4849A1 #A14876 #A19F48

split-complementary

#48A173 #9F48A1 #A14849

monochromatic

#224C37 #357755 #48A173 #6ABC92 #94CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#48A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#48A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A173

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A173	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)

#A09670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bd9b',
    500: '#48a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a173;
$custom-light: #82bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.989,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A173

secondary

#BB8AA3

accent

#5A96CE

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A173

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

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