#38B16D#38B16D

#38B16D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.147 H 154.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B16D
RGBrgb(56, 177, 109)
HSLhsl(146, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(146, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 38.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.47, -48.92, 25.34)
CIE-LCHlch(64.47, 55.09, 152.61°)
OKLaboklab(67.7% -0.1322 0.0633)
OKLCHoklch(67.7% 0.147 154.4)
XYZxyz(20.1116, 33.3870, 19.8495)
Luminance0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B16D #B1387C
analogous
#3FB138 #38B16D #38B1A9
triadic
#38B16D #6D38B1 #B16D38
tetradic
#38B16D #383FB1 #B1387C #B1A938
square
#38B16D #383FB1 #B1387C #B1A938
split-complementary
#38B16D #A938B1 #B1383F
monochromatic
#1B5434 #298350 #38B16D #5BCB8C #8ADAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#38B16D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68
#38B16D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B16D
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B16D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B16D1.002.747.687.68
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6821.001.001.00
##0000007.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A368
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.147 154.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc997',
    500: '#38b16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b16d;
$custom-light: #7dc997;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.281,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67697,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B16D
secondary
#C481A7
accent
#4C9DDB
background
#F8FCF9
surface
#EFF8F2
border
#CAD1CC
text
#0B130D
muted
#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B16D

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#38B16D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva