#48E379#48E379

#48E379 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.195 H 149.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E379
RGB	rgb(72, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(139, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(139, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -62.74, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 74.48, 147.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.169 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.195 149.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5901, 57.6927, 27.4510)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E379 #E348B2

analogous

#64E348 #48E379 #48E3C7

triadic

#48E379 #7948E3 #E37948

tetradic

#48E379 #4864E3 #E348B2 #E3C748

square

#48E379 #4864E3 #E348B2 #E3C748

split-complementary

#48E379 #C748E3 #E34864

monochromatic

#179940 #20CE57 #48E379 #7DEBA0 #B2F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#48E379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#48E379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E379

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E379	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.195 149.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deda1',
    500: '#48e379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e379;
$custom-light: #8deda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.968,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81128,
    "c": 0.19539,
    "h": 149.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E379

secondary

#9D327B

accent

#38B6F0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF5

border

#CFD6CF

text

#0E160F

muted

#7F8580

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E379

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

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