#48C987#48C987

#48C987 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C987
RGB	rgb(72, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(149, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(149, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 0%, 32.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -50.45, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 55.38, 155.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1371 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.149 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9298, 44.8974, 30.1111)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C987 #C9488A

analogous

#49C948 #48C987 #48C9C7

triadic

#48C987 #8748C9 #C98748

tetradic

#48C987 #4849C9 #C9488A #C9C748

square

#48C987 #4849C9 #C9488A #C9C748

split-complementary

#48C987 #C748C9 #C94849

monochromatic

#22744A #30A469 #48C987 #77D7A6 #A7E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#48C987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C987

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C987	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89daaa',
    500: '#48c987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c987;
$custom-light: #89daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.302,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C987

secondary

#D29BB7

accent

#4A96DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C987

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

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