#48B159#48B159

#48B159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.159 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B159
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(130, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -49.03, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 60.83, 143.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.1327 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.159 146.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1965, 33.5414, 14.8591)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B159 #B148A0

analogous

#6CB148 #48B159 #48B18E

triadic

#48B159 #5948B1 #B15948

tetradic

#48B159 #486CB1 #B148A0 #B18E48

square

#48B159 #486CB1 #B148A0 #B18E48

split-complementary

#48B159 #8E48B1 #B1486C

monochromatic

#255A2D #368543 #48B159 #71C57F #9CD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B159

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B159	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.159 146.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c989',
    500: '#48b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b159;
$custom-light: #85c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67821,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B159

secondary

#C391BB

accent

#56BED2

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0C130C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B159

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

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