#48A231#48A231

#48A231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.172 H 139.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A231
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(108, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(108, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -47.99, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 68.25, 134.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1317 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.172 139.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1465, 27.4388, 7.3505)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A231 #8B31A2

analogous

#81A231 #48A231 #31A253

triadic

#48A231 #3148A2 #A23148

tetradic

#48A231 #3181A2 #8B31A2 #A25331

square

#48A231 #3181A2 #8B31A2 #A25331

split-complementary

#48A231 #5331A2 #A23181

monochromatic

#1E4415 #337323 #48A231 #62C848 #8BD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#48A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#48A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A231

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A231	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.172 139.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84be6f',
    500: '#48a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a231;
$custom-light: #84be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.788,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 139.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A231

secondary

#AE71BE

accent

#4BDDBF

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0C1208

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A231

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

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