#538D38#538D38

#538D38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.133 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D38
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(101, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(101, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -35.18, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 52.30, 132.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0971 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.133 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8056, 21.1735, 7.1001)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D38 #72388D

analogous

#7D8D38 #538D38 #388D47

triadic

#538D38 #38538D #8D3853

tetradic

#538D38 #387D8D #72388D #8D4738

square

#538D38 #387D8D #72388D #8D4738

split-complementary

#538D38 #47388D #8D387D

monochromatic

#1F3515 #396127 #538D38 #6DB74B #91C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#538D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#538D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D38

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D38	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50887B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.133 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af72',
    500: '#538d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d38;
$custom-light: #87af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.941,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58411,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D38

secondary

#9D6FB2

accent

#55D3AB

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4ED

border

#CBCEC8

text

#0C1008

muted

#7D7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D38

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

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