#38B261#38B261

#38B261 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.159 H 150.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B261
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(140, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(140, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -51.47, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 60.51, 148.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.1387 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.159 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7074, 33.5425, 16.7427)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B261 #B23889

analogous

#4CB238 #38B261 #38B29E

triadic

#38B261 #6138B2 #B26138

tetradic

#38B261 #384CB2 #B23889 #B29E38

square

#38B261 #384CB2 #B23889 #B29E38

split-complementary

#38B261 #9E38B2 #B2384C

monochromatic

#1B552E #298348 #38B261 #5CCC81 #8ADAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#38B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B261

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B261	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.159 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eca8f',
    500: '#38b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b261;
$custom-light: #7eca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.164,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67736,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B261

secondary

#C581AE

accent

#4CABDC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B261

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

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