#38B042#38B042

#38B042 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.184 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B042
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(125, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(125, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -55.13, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 71.61, 140.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.1492 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.184 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1384, 32.2828, 10.4285)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B042 #B038A6

analogous

#6AB038 #38B042 #38B07E

triadic

#38B042 #4238B0 #B04238

tetradic

#38B042 #386AB0 #B038A6 #B07E38

square

#38B042 #386AB0 #B038A6 #B07E38

split-complementary

#38B042 #7E38B0 #B0386A

monochromatic

#1A531F #298231 #38B042 #5BCB64 #89D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#38B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B042

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B042	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.184 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc97a',
    500: '#38b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b042;
$custom-light: #7fc97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66768,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B042

secondary

#C480BE

accent

#4DCFDB

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8EE

border

#CAD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B042

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

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