#48E159#48E159

#48E159 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.219 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E159
RGB	rgb(72, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(127, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(127, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -66.35, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 85.45, 140.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.1794 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.219 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3988, 55.9460, 18.5932)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E159 #E148D0

analogous

#83E148 #48E159 #48E1A6

triadic

#48E159 #5948E1 #E15948

tetradic

#48E159 #4883E1 #E148D0 #E1A648

square

#48E159 #4883E1 #E148D0 #E1A648

split-complementary

#48E159 #A648E1 #E14883

monochromatic

#199627 #21CB34 #48E159 #7DEA89 #B1F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#48E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#48E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E159

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E159	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11DBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.219 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eec8c',
    500: '#48e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e159;
$custom-light: #8eec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80194,
    "c": 0.21944,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E159

secondary

#9A338F

accent

#39DAEF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E159

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

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