#48A242#48A242

#48A242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.159 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A242
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(116, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(116, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -46.23, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 61.92, 138.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1259 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.159 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5753, 27.6103, 9.6091)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A242 #9C42A2

analogous

#78A242 #48A242 #42A26C

triadic

#48A242 #4248A2 #A24248

tetradic

#48A242 #4278A2 #9C42A2 #A26C42

square

#48A242 #4278A2 #9C42A2 #A26C42

split-complementary

#48A242 #6C42A2 #A24278

monochromatic

#214B1F #357730 #48A242 #68BF62 #92D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#48A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#48A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A242

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A242	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.159 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83be79',
    500: '#48a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a242;
$custom-light: #83be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A242

secondary

#B884BC

accent

#56D2CA

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A242

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

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