#38B457#38B457

#38B457 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.171 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B457
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(135, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(135, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -53.80, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 65.59, 145.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.145 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.171 148)
XYZ	xyz(19.6710, 34.1693, 14.5736)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B457 #B43895

analogous

#57B438 #38B457 #38B495

triadic

#38B457 #5738B4 #B45738

tetradic

#38B457 #3857B4 #B43895 #B49538

square

#38B457 #3857B4 #B43895 #B49538

split-complementary

#38B457 #9538B4 #B43857

monochromatic

#1B572A #298540 #38B457 #5DCD79 #8BDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B457

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B457	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.171 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcb88',
    500: '#38b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b457;
$custom-light: #7fcb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68103,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.34171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B457

secondary

#C582B5

accent

#4CB8DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B457

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

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