#38AE38#38AE38

#38AE38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.188 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE38
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(120, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -55.49, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 74.16, 138.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.1507 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.188 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4797, 31.3965, 8.8796)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE38 #AE38AE

analogous

#73AE38 #38AE38 #38AE73

triadic

#38AE38 #3838AE #AE3838

tetradic

#38AE38 #3873AE #AE38AE #AE7338

square

#38AE38 #3873AE #AE38AE #AE7338

split-complementary

#38AE38 #7338AE #AE3873

monochromatic

#1A511A #298029 #38AE38 #59CA59 #88D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#38AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE38

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE38	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.188 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc774',
    500: '#38ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae38;
$custom-light: #7fc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66131,
    "c": 0.18849,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE38

secondary

#C37FC3

accent

#4DDBDB

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8ED

border

#CAD1C8

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE38

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

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