#38B85B#38B85B

#38B85B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.173 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B85B
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(136, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(136, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 50.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -54.65, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 66.09, 145.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1472 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.173 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6581, 35.8748, 15.7313)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B85B #B83895

analogous

#55B838 #38B85B #38B89B

triadic

#38B85B #5B38B8 #B85B38

tetradic

#38B85B #3855B8 #B83895 #B89B38

square

#38B85B #3855B8 #B83895 #B89B38

split-complementary

#38B85B #9B38B8 #B83855

monochromatic

#1B5A2D #2A8944 #38B85B #5FCE7D #8EDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B85B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B85B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.173 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce8b',
    500: '#38b85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b85b;
$custom-light: #7fce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.406,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B85B

secondary

#C785B5

accent

#4BB5DD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B85B

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

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