#38B161#38B161

#38B161 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.158 H 150.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B161
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(140, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(140, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -51.09, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 59.97, 148.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.1377 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.158 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5091, 33.1460, 16.6766)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B161 #B13888

analogous

#4BB138 #38B161 #38B19D

triadic

#38B161 #6138B1 #B16138

tetradic

#38B161 #384BB1 #B13888 #B19D38

square

#38B161 #384BB1 #B13888 #B19D38

split-complementary

#38B161 #9D38B1 #B1384B

monochromatic

#1B542E #298348 #38B161 #5BCB81 #8ADAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B161

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B161	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.158 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec98f',
    500: '#38b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b161;
$custom-light: #7ec98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.331,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B161

secondary

#C481AD

accent

#4CABDB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B161

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

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