#48E486#48E486

#48E486 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.185 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E486
RGB	rgb(72, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(144, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(144, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -60.96, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 69.96, 150.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1644 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.185 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7160, 58.5819, 32.0275)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E486 #E448A6

analogous

#58E448 #48E486 #48E4D4

triadic

#48E486 #8648E4 #E48648

tetradic

#48E486 #4858E4 #E448A6 #E4D448

square

#48E486 #4858E4 #E448A6 #E4D448

split-complementary

#48E486 #D448E4 #E44858

monochromatic

#179B4B #1FD065 #48E486 #7DECA9 #B3F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#48E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#48E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E486

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E486	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.185 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deeaa',
    500: '#48e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e486;
$custom-light: #8deeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81597,
    "c": 0.18511,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E486

secondary

#9E3273

accent

#37A7F1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF7

border

#CFD6D0

text

#0E1610

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E486

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

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