#38B231#38B231

#38B231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.198 H 142.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B231
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(117, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(117, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -57.49, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 78.37, 137.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.1564 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.198 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1046, 32.9014, 8.3016)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B231 #AB31B2

analogous

#79B231 #38B231 #31B26B

triadic

#38B231 #3138B2 #B23138

tetradic

#38B231 #3179B2 #AB31B2 #B26B31

square

#38B231 #3179B2 #AB31B2 #B26B31

split-complementary

#38B231 #6B31B2 #B23179

monochromatic

#1A5217 #298224 #38B231 #58CF51 #86DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#38B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B231

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B231	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19AD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.198 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ca71',
    500: '#38b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b231;
$custom-light: #80ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.744,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67142,
    "c": 0.19773,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B231

secondary

#C179C5

accent

#48E0D8

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B231

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

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