#38B172#38B172

#38B172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.142 H 156.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B172
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(149, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(149, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -47.94, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 53.08, 154.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.1299 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.142 156.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3884, 33.4977, 21.3075)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B172 #B13877

analogous

#3BB138 #38B172 #38B1AE

triadic

#38B172 #7238B1 #B17238

tetradic

#38B172 #383BB1 #B13877 #B1AE38

square

#38B172 #383BB1 #B13877 #B1AE38

split-complementary

#38B172 #AE38B1 #B1383B

monochromatic

#1B5436 #298354 #38B172 #5BCB91 #8ADAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38B172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38B172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B172

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B172	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.142 156.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc99b',
    500: '#38b172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b172;
$custom-light: #7dc99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.76,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67799,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 156.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B172

secondary

#C481A4

accent

#4C97DB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B172

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

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