#38AC42#38AC42

#38AC42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.179 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC42
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(125, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(125, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -53.72, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 69.58, 140.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.1454 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.179 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3657, 30.7373, 10.1709)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC42 #AC38A2

analogous

#68AC38 #38AC42 #38AC7C

triadic

#38AC42 #4238AC #AC4238

tetradic

#38AC42 #3868AC #AC38A2 #AC7C38

square

#38AC42 #3868AC #AC38A2 #AC7C38

split-complementary

#38AC42 #7C38AC #AC3868

monochromatic

#1A501F #297E30 #38AC42 #58C962 #87D88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#38AC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#38AC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC42

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC42	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.179 144.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec67a',
    500: '#38ac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac42;
$custom-light: #7ec67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.172,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.657,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC42

secondary

#C27EBC

accent

#4DCEDA

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8EE

border

#CAD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC42

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

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