#38B556#38B556

#38B556 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.173 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B556
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(134, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(134, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -54.31, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 66.51, 144.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.1464 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.173 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8330, 34.5582, 14.4275)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B556 #B53897

analogous

#59B538 #38B556 #38B595

triadic

#38B556 #5638B5 #B55638

tetradic

#38B556 #3859B5 #B53897 #B59538

square

#38B556 #3859B5 #B53897 #B59538

split-complementary

#38B556 #9538B5 #B53859

monochromatic

#1B582A #2A8640 #38B556 #5DCD78 #8CDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B556

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B556	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.173 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcc88',
    500: '#38b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b556;
$custom-light: #7fcc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68352,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B556

secondary

#C683B6

accent

#4CB9DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B556

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

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