#38B561#38B561

#38B561 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.163 H 150.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B561
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(140, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(140, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -52.59, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 62.11, 147.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.1417 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.163 150.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3108, 34.7493, 16.9438)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B561 #B5388C

analogous

#4EB538 #38B561 #38B5A0

triadic

#38B561 #6138B5 #B56138

tetradic

#38B561 #384EB5 #B5388C #B5A038

square

#38B561 #384EB5 #B5388C #B5A038

split-complementary

#38B561 #A038B5 #B5384E

monochromatic

#1B582F #2A8648 #38B561 #5DCD82 #8CDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B561

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B561	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79B67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.163 150.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecc8f',
    500: '#38b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b561;
$custom-light: #7ecc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68525,
    "c": 0.16316,
    "h": 150.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B561

secondary

#C683B0

accent

#4CADDC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B561

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

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