#48D857#48D857

#48D857 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.210 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D857
RGB	rgb(72, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(126, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(126, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -63.53, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 81.79, 140.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.1719 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.21 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9468, 51.1745, 17.3671)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D857 #D848C9

analogous

#81D848 #48D857 #48D89F

triadic

#48D857 #5748D8 #D85748

tetradic

#48D857 #4881D8 #D848C9 #D89F48

square

#48D857 #4881D8 #D848C9 #D89F48

split-complementary

#48D857 #9F48D8 #D84881

monochromatic

#1D8928 #28BB37 #48D857 #7AE385 #ADEEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#48D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#48D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D857

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D857	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CD3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.210 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce58a',
    500: '#48d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d857;
$custom-light: #8ce58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.21028,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D857

secondary

#8F3685

accent

#40D6E8

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FCF4

border

#CFD5CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D857

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

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