#48B459#48B459

#48B459 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.163 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B459
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(129, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -50.20, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 62.46, 143.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.1358 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.163 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7956, 34.7395, 15.0588)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B459 #B448A3

analogous

#6DB448 #48B459 #48B48F

triadic

#48B459 #5948B4 #B45948

tetradic

#48B459 #486DB4 #B448A3 #B48F48

square

#48B459 #486DB4 #B448A3 #B48F48

split-complementary

#48B459 #8F48B4 #B4486D

monochromatic

#255D2E #378843 #48B459 #72C780 #9ED8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#48B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B459

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B459	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.163 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cb8a',
    500: '#48b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b459;
$custom-light: #86cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68601,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B459

secondary

#C593BD

accent

#55BFD3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C130C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B459

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

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