#538E40#538E40

#538E40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.127 H 138.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E40
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(105, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(105, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -34.70, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 49.45, 134.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0953 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.127 138.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1652, 21.5544, 8.2635)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E40 #7B408E

analogous

#7A8E40 #538E40 #408E54

triadic

#538E40 #40538E #8E4053

tetradic

#538E40 #407A8E #7B408E #8E5440

square

#538E40 #407A8E #7B408E #8E5440

split-complementary

#538E40 #54408E #8E407A

monochromatic

#223A1A #3A642D #538E40 #6EB458 #93C782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#538E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#538E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E40

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E40	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F8A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.127 138.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af77',
    500: '#538e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e40;
$custom-light: #87af77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105.385,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58777,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 138.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E40

secondary

#A379B1

accent

#5ACEB2

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4ED

border

#CBCEC8

text

#0C1009

muted

#7D7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E40

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

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