#38AE57#38AE57

#38AE57 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.163 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE57
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(136, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(136, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -51.59, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 62.42, 145.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.139 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.163 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4859, 31.7990, 14.1786)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE57 #AE388F

analogous

#54AE38 #38AE57 #38AE92

triadic

#38AE57 #5738AE #AE5738

tetradic

#38AE57 #3854AE #AE388F #AE9238

square

#38AE57 #3854AE #AE388F #AE9238

split-complementary

#38AE57 #9238AE #AE3854

monochromatic

#1A5129 #298040 #38AE57 #59CA77 #88D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE57

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE57	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)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.163 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc788',
    500: '#38ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae57;
$custom-light: #7dc788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.763,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66517,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE57

secondary

#C37FB1

accent

#4DB6DB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE57

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

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