#48BD59#48BD59

#48BD59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.175 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BD59
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(129, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -53.63, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 67.29, 142.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.145 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.175 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6718, 38.4920, 15.6842)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BD59 #BD48AC

analogous

#71BD48 #48BD59 #48BD93

triadic

#48BD59 #5948BD #BD5948

tetradic

#48BD59 #4871BD #BD48AC #BD9348

square

#48BD59 #4871BD #BD48AC #BD9348

split-complementary

#48BD59 #9348BD #BD4871

monochromatic

#25662E #359343 #48BD59 #75CD82 #A2DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#48BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BD59

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BD59	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.175 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d28a',
    500: '#48bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bd59;
$custom-light: #87d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.718,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BD59

secondary

#CA97C3

accent

#51C3D7

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BD59

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

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