#38B538#38B538

#38B538 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.197 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B538
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(120, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -57.89, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 77.56, 138.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.1572 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.197 143)
XYZ	xyz(18.8674, 34.1720, 9.3421)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B538 #B538B5

analogous

#77B538 #38B538 #38B577

triadic

#38B538 #3838B5 #B53838

tetradic

#38B538 #3877B5 #B538B5 #B57738

square

#38B538 #3877B5 #B538B5 #B57738

split-complementary

#38B538 #7738B5 #B53877

monochromatic

#1B581B #2A862A #38B538 #5DCD5D #8CDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B538

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B538	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.197 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cc75',
    500: '#38b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b538;
$custom-light: #80cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68002,
    "c": 0.19674,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.34174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B538

secondary

#C683C6

accent

#4CDCDC

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1309

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B538

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

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