#38B357#38B357

#38B357 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.170 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B357
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(135, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(135, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -53.43, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 65.06, 145.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.144 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.17 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4698, 33.7670, 14.5066)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B357 #B33894

analogous

#56B338 #38B357 #38B394

triadic

#38B357 #5738B3 #B35738

tetradic

#38B357 #3856B3 #B33894 #B39438

square

#38B357 #3856B3 #B33894 #B39438

split-complementary

#38B357 #9438B3 #B33856

monochromatic

#1B562A #298440 #38B357 #5CCC78 #8BDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38B357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38B357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B357

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B357	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.170 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecb88',
    500: '#38b357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b357;
$custom-light: #7ecb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.122,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B357

secondary

#C582B4

accent

#4CB8DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B357

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

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