#48E459#48E459

#48E459 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.223 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E459
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(127, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(127, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -67.35, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 86.89, 140.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1821 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.223 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2169, 57.5823, 18.8659)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E459 #E448D3

analogous

#85E448 #48E459 #48E4A7

triadic

#48E459 #5948E4 #E45948

tetradic

#48E459 #4885E4 #E448D3 #E4A748

square

#48E459 #4885E4 #E448D3 #E4A748

split-complementary

#48E459 #A748E4 #E44885

monochromatic

#179B25 #1FD032 #48E459 #7DEC89 #B3F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#48E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#48E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E459

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E459	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DDEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.223 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fee8c',
    500: '#48e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e459;
$custom-light: #8fee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.538,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80958,
    "c": 0.22296,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E459

secondary

#9E3292

accent

#37DDF1

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E459

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

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