#48B856#48B856

#48B856 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.171 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B856
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(128, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -52.16, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 65.82, 142.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1411 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.171 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4913, 36.3285, 14.6818)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B856 #B848AA

analogous

#72B848 #48B856 #48B88E

triadic

#48B856 #5648B8 #B85648

tetradic

#48B856 #4872B8 #B848AA #B88E48

square

#48B856 #4872B8 #B848AA #B88E48

split-complementary

#48B856 #8E48B8 #B84872

monochromatic

#25602D #368C41 #48B856 #74C97F #A0DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#48B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B856

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B856	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.171 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ce88',
    500: '#48b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b856;
$custom-light: #86ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69598,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B856

secondary

#C795C1

accent

#54C4D4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B856

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

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