#38B42E#38B42E

#38B42E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.202 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B42E
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(116, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(116, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -58.40, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 80.21, 136.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.1591 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.202 142)
XYZ	xyz(18.4442, 33.6786, 8.1128)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B42E #AA2EB4

analogous

#7BB42E #38B42E #2EB467

triadic

#38B42E #2E38B4 #B42E38

tetradic

#38B42E #2E7BB4 #AA2EB4 #B4672E

square

#38B42E #2E7BB4 #AA2EB4 #B4672E

split-complementary

#38B42E #672EB4 #B42E7B

monochromatic

#1A5315 #298322 #38B42E #57D24E #85DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B42E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B42E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19AE9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.202 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cc70',
    500: '#38b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b42e;
$custom-light: #80cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.522,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.20176,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B42E

secondary

#C177C7

accent

#45E2D7

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B42E

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

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