#48B978#48B978

#48B978 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.141 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B978
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(145, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(145, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -46.92, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 52.58, 153.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1273 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.141 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4096, 37.4294, 23.7566)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B978 #B94889

analogous

#50B948 #48B978 #48B9B1

triadic

#48B978 #7848B9 #B97848

tetradic

#48B978 #4850B9 #B94889 #B9B148

square

#48B978 #4850B9 #B94889 #B9B148

split-complementary

#48B978 #B148B9 #B94850

monochromatic

#25613F #368E5B #48B978 #74CA99 #A1DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#48B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B978

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B978	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.141 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cf9f',
    500: '#48b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b978;
$custom-light: #86cf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.487,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B978

secondary

#C895B2

accent

#539ED4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B978

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

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