#48E859#48E859

#48E859 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.228 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E859
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(126, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(126, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -68.68, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 88.79, 140.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1857 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.228 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3301, 59.8086, 19.2369)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E859 #E848D7

analogous

#87E848 #48E859 #48E8A9

triadic

#48E859 #5948E8 #E85948

tetradic

#48E859 #4887E8 #E848D7 #E8A948

square

#48E859 #4887E8 #E848D7 #E8A948

split-complementary

#48E859 #A948E8 #E84887

monochromatic

#14A123 #1BD82F #48E859 #7EEF8A #B5F6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#48E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#48E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E859

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E859	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05E2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.228 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ff18d',
    500: '#48e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e859;
$custom-light: #8ff18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.22761,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E859

secondary

#A43098

accent

#34E0F4

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E170C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E859

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

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