#48D959#48D959

#48D959 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.210 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D959
RGB	rgb(72, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(127, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(127, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -63.64, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 81.56, 141.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.1721 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.21 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2866, 51.7216, 17.8891)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D959 #D948C8

analogous

#80D948 #48D959 #48D9A1

triadic

#48D959 #5948D9 #D95948

tetradic

#48D959 #4880D9 #D948C8 #D9A148

square

#48D959 #4880D9 #D948C8 #D9A148

split-complementary

#48D959 #A148D9 #D94880

monochromatic

#1D8A29 #27BD39 #48D959 #7BE487 #ADEEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#48D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D959

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D959	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AD4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.210 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce68c',
    500: '#48d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d959;
$custom-light: #8ce68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.034,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.20993,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D959

secondary

#903585

accent

#3FD5E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FCF4

border

#CFD5CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D959

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

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