#38B85E#38B85E

#38B85E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.170 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B85E
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(138, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(138, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -54.19, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 64.90, 146.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.1459 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.17 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7901, 35.9276, 16.4266)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B85E #B83892

analogous

#52B838 #38B85E #38B89E

triadic

#38B85E #5E38B8 #B85E38

tetradic

#38B85E #3852B8 #B83892 #B89E38

square

#38B85E #3852B8 #B83892 #B89E38

split-complementary

#38B85E #9E38B8 #B83852

monochromatic

#1B5A2E #2A8946 #38B85E #5FCE80 #8EDDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#38B85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B85E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B85E	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.170 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce8d',
    500: '#38b85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b85e;
$custom-light: #7fce8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69263,
    "c": 0.16984,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B85E

secondary

#C785B3

accent

#4BB1DD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B85E

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

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