#48A538#48A538

#48A538 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.171 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A538
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(111, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(111, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -48.49, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 67.32, 136.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.1326 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.171 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8406, 28.5721, 8.3681)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A538 #9538A5

analogous

#7EA538 #48A538 #38A55E

triadic

#48A538 #3848A5 #A53848

tetradic

#48A538 #387EA5 #9538A5 #A55E38

square

#48A538 #387EA5 #9538A5 #A55E38

split-complementary

#48A538 #5E38A5 #A5387E

monochromatic

#204A19 #347728 #48A538 #65C555 #8FD583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#48A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#48A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A538

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A538	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CA08E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.171 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c074',
    500: '#48a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a538;
$custom-light: #84c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.193,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A538

secondary

#B47ABE

accent

#4FD9C5

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0C1208

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A538

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

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