#38B157#38B157

#38B157 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.167 H 148.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B157
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(135, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(135, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -52.70, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 64.01, 145.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.142 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.167 148.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0719, 32.9711, 14.3739)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B157 #B13892

analogous

#55B138 #38B157 #38B193

triadic

#38B157 #5738B1 #B15738

tetradic

#38B157 #3855B1 #B13892 #B19338

square

#38B157 #3855B1 #B13892 #B19338

split-complementary

#38B157 #9338B1 #B13855

monochromatic

#1B5429 #298340 #38B157 #5BCB78 #8ADA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#38B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B157

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B157	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.167 148.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec988',
    500: '#38b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b157;
$custom-light: #7ec988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.372,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67311,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 148.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B157

secondary

#C481B3

accent

#4CB7DB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B157

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

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