#48B980#48B980

#48B980 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B980
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(150, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -45.33, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 49.40, 156.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.1236 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.133 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9156, 37.6318, 26.4212)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B980 #B94881

analogous

#48B948 #48B980 #48B9B9

triadic

#48B980 #8048B9 #B98048

tetradic

#48B980 #4848B9 #B94881 #B9B948

square

#48B980 #4848B9 #B94881 #B9B948

split-complementary

#48B980 #B948B9 #B94848

monochromatic

#256143 #368E62 #48B980 #74CA9F #A1DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B980

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B980	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfa5',
    500: '#48b980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b980;
$custom-light: #86cfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.735,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B980

secondary

#C895AF

accent

#5394D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B980

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

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