#38AE56#38AE56

#38AE56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.164 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE56
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(135, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -51.74, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 62.82, 145.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.1395 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.164 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4453, 31.7828, 13.9649)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE56 #AE3890

analogous

#55AE38 #38AE56 #38AE91

triadic

#38AE56 #5638AE #AE5638

tetradic

#38AE56 #3855AE #AE3890 #AE9138

square

#38AE56 #3855AE #AE3890 #AE9138

split-complementary

#38AE56 #9138AE #AE3855

monochromatic

#1A5128 #29803F #38AE56 #59CA76 #88D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE56

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE56	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.164 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc787',
    500: '#38ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae56;
$custom-light: #7dc787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.254,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66502,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE56

secondary

#C37FB2

accent

#4DB7DB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE56

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

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