#38B42B#38B42B

#38B42B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.203 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B42B
RGBrgb(56, 180, 43)
HSLhsl(114, 61%, 44%)
HSVhsv(114, 76%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.69, -58.62, 56.01)
CIE-LCHlch(64.69, 81.08, 136.30°)
OKLaboklab(67.63% -0.1598 0.1258)
OKLCHoklch(67.63% 0.203 141.8)
XYZxyz(18.3872, 33.6557, 7.8122)
Luminance0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B42B #A72BB4
analogous
#7CB42B #38B42B #2BB462
triadic
#38B42B #2B38B4 #B42B38
tetradic
#38B42B #2B7CB4 #A72BB4 #B4622B
square
#38B42B #2B7CB4 #A72BB4 #B4622B
split-complementary
#38B42B #622BB4 #B42B7C
monochromatic
#195113 #29831F #38B42B #56D349 #84DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#38B42B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73
#38B42B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B42B
7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B42B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B42B1.002.727.737.73
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7321.001.001.00
##0000007.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A30B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA993A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1AAE9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.203 141.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cc6e',
    500: '#38b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b42b;
$custom-light: #80cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.307,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67633,
    "c": 0.2034,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B42B
secondary
#BF73C7
accent
#43E5D5
background
#F8FCF7
surface
#F0F9ED
border
#CBD2C8
text
#0C1308
muted
#7D827B

Preview Lab

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#38B42B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva