#48B231#48B231

#48B231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.192 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B231
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(109, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(109, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -53.94, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 76.22, 135.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.1478 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.192 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1464, 33.4385, 8.3504)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B231 #9B31B2

analogous

#89B231 #48B231 #31B25A

triadic

#48B231 #3148B2 #B23148

tetradic

#48B231 #3189B2 #9B31B2 #B25A31

square

#48B231 #3189B2 #9B31B2 #B25A31

split-complementary

#48B231 #5A31B2 #B23189

monochromatic

#215217 #358224 #48B231 #68CF51 #91DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B231

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B231	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AAC99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.192 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ca71',
    500: '#48b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b231;
$custom-light: #87ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.302,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67623,
    "c": 0.19164,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B231

secondary

#B879C5

accent

#48E0C5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B231

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

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