#38AE42#38AE42

#38AE42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.181 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE42
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(125, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(125, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -54.43, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 70.60, 140.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.1473 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.181 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7492, 31.5043, 10.2988)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE42 #AE38A4

analogous

#69AE38 #38AE42 #38AE7D

triadic

#38AE42 #4238AE #AE4238

tetradic

#38AE42 #3869AE #AE38A4 #AE7D38

square

#38AE42 #3869AE #AE38A4 #AE7D38

split-complementary

#38AE42 #7D38AE #AE3869

monochromatic

#1A511F #298030 #38AE42 #59CA63 #88D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#38AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE42

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE42	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.181 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec77a',
    500: '#38ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae42;
$custom-light: #7ec77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.085,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE42

secondary

#C37FBD

accent

#4DCFDB

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8EE

border

#CAD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE42

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

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