#38AE55#38AE55

#38AE55 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.165 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE55
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(135, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -51.89, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 63.22, 145.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.1399 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.165 148)
XYZ	xyz(18.4053, 31.7668, 13.7542)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE55 #AE3891

analogous

#56AE38 #38AE55 #38AE90

triadic

#38AE55 #5538AE #AE5538

tetradic

#38AE55 #3856AE #AE3891 #AE9038

square

#38AE55 #3856AE #AE3891 #AE9038

split-complementary

#38AE55 #9038AE #AE3856

monochromatic

#1A5128 #29803E #38AE55 #59CA75 #88D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#38AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE55

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE55	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.165 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc787',
    500: '#38ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae55;
$custom-light: #7dc787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.746,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66486,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.31769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE55

secondary

#C37FB2

accent

#4DB8DB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8EF

border

#CAD1CA

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE55

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

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