#48D159#48D159

#48D159 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.200 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D159
RGB	rgb(72, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(127, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(127, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -60.87, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 77.59, 141.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1646 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.2 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2743, 47.6971, 17.2184)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D159 #D148C0

analogous

#7CD148 #48D159 #48D19D

triadic

#48D159 #5948D1 #D15948

tetradic

#48D159 #487CD1 #D148C0 #D19D48

square

#48D159 #487CD1 #D148C0 #D19D48

split-complementary

#48D159 #9D48D1 #D1487C

monochromatic

#207F2C #2CB03C #48D159 #79DD85 #AAEAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#48D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#48D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D159

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D159	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20CCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.200 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be08b',
    500: '#48d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d159;
$custom-light: #8be08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.445,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.20019,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D159

secondary

#D79ED0

accent

#45CFE3

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D159

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

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