#38AE50#38AE50

#38AE50 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.169 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE50
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(132, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(132, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -52.62, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 65.22, 143.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.142 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.169 146.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2136, 31.6901, 12.7448)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE50 #AE3896

analogous

#5BAE38 #38AE50 #38AE8B

triadic

#38AE50 #5038AE #AE5038

tetradic

#38AE50 #385BAE #AE3896 #AE8B38

square

#38AE50 #385BAE #AE3896 #AE8B38

split-complementary

#38AE50 #8B38AE #AE385B

monochromatic

#1A5125 #29803B #38AE50 #59CA70 #88D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#38AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE50

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE50	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.169 146.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec783',
    500: '#38ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae50;
$custom-light: #7ec783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.203,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66413,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE50

secondary

#C37FB5

accent

#4DBEDB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8EF

border

#CAD1CA

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE50

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

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