#38AE60#38AE60

#38AE60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.155 H 150.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE60
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(140, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(140, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -50.12, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 58.76, 148.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.1351 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.155 150.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8767, 31.9554, 16.2372)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE60 #AE3886

analogous

#4BAE38 #38AE60 #38AE9B

triadic

#38AE60 #6038AE #AE6038

tetradic

#38AE60 #384BAE #AE3886 #AE9B38

square

#38AE60 #384BAE #AE3886 #AE9B38

split-complementary

#38AE60 #9B38AE #AE384B

monochromatic

#1A512D #298046 #38AE60 #59CA80 #88D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#38AE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#38AE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE60

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE60	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.155 150.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc78e',
    500: '#38ae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae60;
$custom-light: #7dc78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.339,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66666,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 150.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE60

secondary

#C37FAC

accent

#4DABDB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE60

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

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