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#28eb48

a balanced, electric green · cool · closest name: Lime

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
40, 235, 72
HSL
130°, 83%, 54%
CMYK
83, 0, 69, 8
Luminance
0.6034

#28eb48 is a balanced electric green, 130° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.07:1). As text it scores 1.61:1 on white — use #0D8721 instead. Nearest name is Lime, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(130 83% 54%)rgb(40 235 72)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #28eb48 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#28eb48
Hue
130°
green
Saturation
83%
electric
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6034
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.07:1
Closest name
Lime
ΔE2000 5.7
Chroma
98.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.820
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#33FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue130° of 360°
Saturation83%
Lightness54%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #28eb48.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red1%
Green98%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#28eb48
HEX (8-digit)#28eb48ff
RGBrgb(40, 235, 72)
RGBArgba(40, 235, 72, 1)
HSLhsl(130, 83%, 54%)
HSV / HSBhsv(130, 83%, 92%)
HWBhwb(130 16% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(83%, 0%, 69%, 8%)
LABlab(82.0 -75.6 63.2)
LCHlch(82.0 98.5 140.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.820 0.250 144.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(31.75, 60.33, 16.10)
Decimal2681672
Display P3color(display-p3 0.157 0.922 0.282)
Web-safe#33FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #28eb48;
background-color: #28eb48;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #28eb48;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#28eb48] bg-[#28eb48]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #28eb48;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.157, green: 0.922, blue: 0.282)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.157, green: 0.922, blue: 0.282, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#28EB48</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF28EB48)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF28EB48)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(72, 235, 40)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(40, 235, 72)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(40, 235, 72)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 40, 235, 72)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1569f, 0.9216f, 0.2824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{40,235,72}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #28eb48 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #28eb48 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0B751C, #D3EED7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #28eb48 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2FCF4;
  --brand-100: #E6FAE9;
  --brand-200: #C6F6CE;
  --brand-300: #98F5A8;
  --brand-400: #65F17C;
  --brand-500: #28eb48;
  --brand-600: #15E036;
  --brand-700: #11BB2D;
  --brand-800: #0E9524;
  --brand-900: #0E6C1E;
  --brand-950: #094313;
  --brand: #28eb48;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C0EDC7;
  --brand-hover: #14DB35;
  --brand-pressed: #11BA2D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2FCF4',
        100: '#E6FAE9',
        200: '#C6F6CE',
        300: '#98F5A8',
        400: '#65F17C',
        500: '#28eb48',
        600: '#15E036',
        700: '#11BB2D',
        800: '#0E9524',
        900: '#0E6C1E',
        950: '#094313',
        DEFAULT: '#28eb48',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2FCF4,
  '100': #E6FAE9,
  '200': #C6F6CE,
  '300': #98F5A8,
  '400': #65F17C,
  '500': #28eb48,
  '600': #15E036,
  '700': #11BB2D,
  '800': #0E9524,
  '900': #0E6C1E,
  '950': #094313,
);
$brand-base: #28eb48;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2FCF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6FAE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C6F6CE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#98F5A8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#65F17C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#28eb48", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#15E036", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#11BB2D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0E9524", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0E6C1E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#094313", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #28eb48 · 13.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.61:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #28eb48 as text scores 1.61:1 on white and 13.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0B751C at 3.65:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#0D8721 · 4.66:1
AA on white−25% L
#0D8721
The quick fox
#096619 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−32% L
#096619
The quick fox
#28eb48 · 13.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#28eb48
The quick fox
#28eb48 · 13.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#28eb48

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #10AC2A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#28eb48 on white: 1.61:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#28eb48 on black: 13.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #28eb48 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #28eb48.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.61:1AaAa
Slate 501.54:1AaAa
Slate 1001.47:1AaAa
Slate 2001.30:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.60:1AaAa
Slate 5002.96:1AaAa
Slate 6004.72:1AaAa
Slate 7006.44:1AaAa
Slate 8009.10:1AaAa
Slate 90011.11:1AaAa
Black13.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EFD52F
deuteranopia · #DBC658
tritanopia · #00E5CB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #28eb48 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FCF4
#E6FAE9
#C6F6CE
#98F5A8
#65F17C
#28eb48
#15E036
#11BB2D
#0E9524
#0E6C1E
#094313
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F2FCF4Darkest = 950 · #094313Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.063 144.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.100 144.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.150 144.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.195 144.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.230 144.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.250 144.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.250 144.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.235 144.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.210 144.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.175 144.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.138 144.6);
}

Colors that work with #28eb48

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDC7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B58
Captions on the surface
Accent#DE23F0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0B751C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FDEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#14DB35
One step down in lightness
Pressed#11BA2D
Two steps down
Disabled#B4CFB8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#30F750
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #28eb48

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #0B751C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #10AC2A

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight46/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#EB28CB
Analogous left#6AEB28
Analogous right#28EBA9
Split-complement 1#A928EB
Split-complement 2#EB286A
Triadic 1#4828EB
Triadic 2#EB4828
Tetradic#286AEB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°130°

#28eb48 sits at 130°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red15.7%
Green92.2%
Blue28.2%
R · 0–255
40
0x28
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
72
0x48

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow69.4%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 160%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#28eb48 text on a black background

contrast 13.07:1

Card sample

#28eb48 text on a white background

contrast 1.61:1

Card sample

#28eb48 on grey

1.47:1

#28eb48 on its own surface

1.52:1

#28eb48 on its dark surface

10.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #28eb48;
Background color
Panel with #28eb48 background
background-color: #28eb48;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #28eb48;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(40, 235, 72, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(40, 235, 72, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #28eb48;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28eb48, #28EBCA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #28eb48, #28DBEB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #28eb48;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #28eb48;
caret-color: #28eb48;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #28eb48;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FDEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #28eb48;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#28eb48 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #28eb48 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(40, 235, 72, 0.5)
rgb(40 235 72 / 50%)
#28eb4880
hsl(130 83% 54% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #28eb48 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#28eb481a#EAFDED
20%#28eb4833#D4FBDA
40%#28eb4866#A9F7B6
60%#28eb4899#7EF391
80%#28eb48cc#53EF6D

Gradients from #28eb48

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #60F077, #28eb48 45%, #0B751C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #28eb48, #15E0CE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #28eb48, #EB28CB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7CF38F 0%, #28eb48 45%, #0B751C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #97EF57 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #44EEC3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0B751C 0%, transparent 65%), #28eb48;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #28eb48

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#28eb48 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.07:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#28eb48, answered

What color is #28eb48?

#28eb48 is a balanced electric green, closest to Lime (ΔE2000 5.7). It sits at 130° on the hue wheel with 83% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #28eb48?

rgb(40, 235, 72) — 40 red, 235 green and 72 blue out of 255, or 15.7% / 92.2% / 28.2% by channel.

What is #28eb48 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(130, 83%, 54%) and hsv(130, 83%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #28eb48 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6034 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 13.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #28eb48?

Black. It scores 13.07:1 against #28eb48, versus 1.61:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #28eb48 accessible on a white background?

#28eb48 on white scores 1.61:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0D8721 to reach 4.5:1, or #096619 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #28eb48?

#EB28CB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A928EB and #EB286A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #28eb48?

For interface work: #F4FAF5 as the surface, #C0EDC7 for borders, #4B9B58 for secondary text, #DE23F0 as an accent and #0B751C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6AEB28 and #28EBA9 stays calm, while #EB28CB is the loudest partner.

What is #28eb48 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(83%, 0%, 69%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #28eb48 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #50EB28; nudged cooler, #26ED8F.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #28eb48?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #28eb48 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #28eb48 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#28eb48] or text-[#28eb48], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #28eb48 with 50% opacity?

rgba(40, 235, 72, 0.5), or #28eb4880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #94F5A4; over black, #147624.

Is #28eb48 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FF33, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #28eb48 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #28eb48?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #60F077, #28eb48 45%, #0B751C). For more colour, a short hue run to #15E0CE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #28eb48 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #28eb48 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.