#48C172#48C172

#48C172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.157 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C172
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(141, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(141, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -51.22, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.39, 149.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1384 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.157 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7778, 40.7301, 22.4722)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C172 #C14897

analogous

#5BC148 #48C172 #48C1AE

triadic

#48C172 #7248C1 #C17248

tetradic

#48C172 #485BC1 #C14897 #C1AE48

square

#48C172 #485BC1 #C14897 #C1AE48

split-complementary

#48C172 #AE48C1 #C1485B

monochromatic

#246B3D #349857 #48C172 #76D095 #A3E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48C172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48C172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C172

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C172	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.157 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d59b',
    500: '#48c172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c172;
$custom-light: #87d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.826,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C172

secondary

#CD98BA

accent

#4FA9D9

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C172

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

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