#38B877#38B877

#38B877 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.147 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B877
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 119)
HSL	hsl(150, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 35.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -49.71, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 54.86, 154.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1347 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.147 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0991, 36.4512, 23.3203)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B877 #B83879

analogous

#39B838 #38B877 #38B8B7

triadic

#38B877 #7738B8 #B87738

tetradic

#38B877 #3839B8 #B83879 #B8B738

square

#38B877 #3839B8 #B83879 #B8B738

split-complementary

#38B877 #B738B8 #B83839

monochromatic

#1B5A3A #2A8959 #38B877 #5FCE96 #8EDDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#38B877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B877

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B877	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.147 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce9e',
    500: '#38b877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b877;
$custom-light: #7fce9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69722,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B877

secondary

#C785A6

accent

#4B95DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B877

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

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