#388B42#388B42

#388B42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.135 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B42
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(127, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(127, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -41.17, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 51.81, 142.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.1115 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.135 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8461, 19.6983, 8.3311)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B42 #8B3881

analogous

#578B38 #388B42 #388B6B

triadic

#388B42 #42388B #8B4238

tetradic

#388B42 #38578B #8B3881 #8B6B38

square

#388B42 #38578B #8B3881 #8B6B38

split-complementary

#388B42 #6B388B #8B3857

monochromatic

#153419 #265F2D #388B42 #4AB657 #76C880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#388B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#388B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B42	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.135 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ae78',
    500: '#388b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b42;
$custom-light: #77ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.229,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56794,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B42

secondary

#B16EA9

accent

#55C3D2

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EEF4ED

border

#C9CEC8

text

#091009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B42

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

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