#38AD2B#38AD2B

#38AD2B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.196 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AD2B
RGBrgb(56, 173, 43)
HSLhsl(114, 60%, 42%)
HSVhsv(114, 75%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.42, -56.27, 53.77)
CIE-LCHlch(62.42, 77.83, 136.30°)
OKLaboklab(65.76% -0.1534 0.1212)
OKLCHoklch(65.76% 0.196 141.7)
XYZxyz(17.0096, 30.9005, 7.3530)
Luminance0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AD2B #A02BAD
analogous
#79AD2B #38AD2B #2BAD5F
triadic
#38AD2B #2B38AD #AD2B38
tetradic
#38AD2B #2B79AD #A02BAD #AD5F2B
square
#38AD2B #2B79AD #A02BAD #AD5F2B
split-complementary
#38AD2B #5F2BAD #AD2B79
monochromatic
#184B13 #287C1F #38AD2B #53D145 #80DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#38AD2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#38AD2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD2B
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AD2B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AD2B1.002.927.187.18
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39339
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1EA894
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.196 141.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc66d',
    500: '#38ad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ad2b;
$custom-light: #7fc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65755,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AD2B
secondary
#BC6FC4
accent
#44E3D3
background
#F8FCF6
surface
#F0F8EC
border
#CBD1C7
text
#0B1308
muted
#7C827B

Preview Lab

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#38AD2B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva