#38B242#38B242

#38B242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.186 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B242
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(125, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(125, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -55.83, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 72.61, 140.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.1511 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.186 144.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5335, 33.0729, 10.5602)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B242 #B238A8

analogous

#6BB238 #38B242 #38B27F

triadic

#38B242 #4238B2 #B24238

tetradic

#38B242 #386BB2 #B238A8 #B27F38

square

#38B242 #386BB2 #B238A8 #B27F38

split-complementary

#38B242 #7F38B2 #B2386B

monochromatic

#1B551F #298331 #38B242 #5CCC65 #8ADA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B242

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B242	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AD9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.186 144.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fca7b',
    500: '#38b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b242;
$custom-light: #7fca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.918,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67302,
    "c": 0.18601,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B242

secondary

#C581BF

accent

#4CD0DC

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8EE

border

#CAD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B242

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

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