#388A42#388A42

#388A42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.133 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A42
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(127, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(127, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, -40.76, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 51.24, 142.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.1104 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.133 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7020, 19.4100, 8.2830)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A42 #8A3880

analogous

#578A38 #388A42 #388A6B

triadic

#388A42 #42388A #8A4238

tetradic

#388A42 #38578A #8A3880 #8A6B38

square

#388A42 #38578A #8A3880 #8A6B38

split-complementary

#388A42 #6B388A #8A3857

monochromatic

#153318 #265E2D #388A42 #4AB557 #75C77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#388A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#388A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A42	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.133 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ad78',
    500: '#388a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a42;
$custom-light: #77ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.317,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56522,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A42

secondary

#B06EA8

accent

#56C3D2

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EEF4ED

border

#C9CEC8

text

#091009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A42

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

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