#48E559#48E559

#48E559 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.224 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E559
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(126, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(126, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -67.69, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 87.37, 140.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.183 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.224 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4928, 58.1341, 18.9579)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E559 #E548D4

analogous

#86E548 #48E559 #48E5A8

triadic

#48E559 #5948E5 #E55948

tetradic

#48E559 #4886E5 #E548D4 #E5A848

square

#48E559 #4886E5 #E548D4 #E5A848

split-complementary

#48E559 #A848E5 #E54886

monochromatic

#169C25 #1ED231 #48E559 #7EED8A #B3F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#48E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#48E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E559

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E559	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BDFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.224 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fee8d',
    500: '#48e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e559;
$custom-light: #8fee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.497,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81212,
    "c": 0.22412,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E559

secondary

#A03294

accent

#36DDF2

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E170C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E559

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

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