#48B172#48B172

#48B172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.135 H 154.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B172
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(144, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(144, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -44.77, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 50.54, 152.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.1215 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.135 154.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4302, 34.0349, 21.3564)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B172 #B14887

analogous

#53B148 #48B172 #48B1A7

triadic

#48B172 #7248B1 #B17248

tetradic

#48B172 #4853B1 #B14887 #B1A748

square

#48B172 #4853B1 #B14887 #B1A748

split-complementary

#48B172 #A748B1 #B14853

monochromatic

#255A3A #368556 #48B172 #71C593 #9CD7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48B172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#48B172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B172

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B172	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.135 154.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c99b',
    500: '#48b172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b172;
$custom-light: #85c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 154.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B172

secondary

#C391AF

accent

#56A0D2

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F8F2

border

#CBD1CC

text

#0C130E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B172

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

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