#48B956#48B956

#48B956 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.172 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B956
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(127, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(127, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -52.54, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 66.35, 142.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1422 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.172 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6998, 36.7454, 14.7513)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B956 #B948AB

analogous

#72B948 #48B956 #48B98F

triadic

#48B956 #5648B9 #B95648

tetradic

#48B956 #4872B9 #B948AB #B98F48

square

#48B956 #4872B9 #B948AB #B98F48

split-complementary

#48B956 #8F48B9 #B94872

monochromatic

#25612D #368E41 #48B956 #74CA7F #A1DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#48B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B956

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B956	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.172 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cf88',
    500: '#48b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b956;
$custom-light: #87cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.434,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B956

secondary

#C895C1

accent

#53C4D4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B956

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

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