#38B836#38B836

#38B836 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.202 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B836
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(119, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(119, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -59.08, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 79.64, 137.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.1605 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.202 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4361, 35.3860, 9.2952)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B836 #B636B8

analogous

#79B836 #38B836 #36B875

triadic

#38B836 #3638B8 #B83638

tetradic

#38B836 #3679B8 #B636B8 #B87536

square

#38B836 #3679B8 #B636B8 #B87536

split-complementary

#38B836 #7536B8 #B83679

monochromatic

#1B591A #2A8928 #38B836 #5ECF5C #8DDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B836

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B836	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.202 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ce74',
    500: '#38b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b836;
$custom-light: #81ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.2015,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B836

secondary

#C682C7

accent

#4ADEDC

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B836

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

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