#38B557#38B557

#38B557 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.172 H 147.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B557
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(135, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(135, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -54.16, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 66.11, 145.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.146 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.172 147.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8736, 34.5745, 14.6412)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B557 #B53896

analogous

#58B538 #38B557 #38B596

triadic

#38B557 #5738B5 #B55738

tetradic

#38B557 #3858B5 #B53896 #B59638

square

#38B557 #3858B5 #B53896 #B59638

split-complementary

#38B557 #9638B5 #B53858

monochromatic

#1B582A #2A8641 #38B557 #5DCD79 #8CDBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#38B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B557

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B557	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.172 147.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcc88',
    500: '#38b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b557;
$custom-light: #7fcc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.88,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68367,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 147.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B557

secondary

#C683B5

accent

#4CB8DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B557

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

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