#38B837#38B837

#38B837 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.201 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B837
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -58.99, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 79.32, 138.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.1602 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.201 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4598, 35.3955, 9.4201)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B837 #B737B8

analogous

#79B837 #38B837 #37B877

triadic

#38B837 #3738B8 #B83738

tetradic

#38B837 #3779B8 #B737B8 #B87737

square

#38B837 #3779B8 #B737B8 #B87737

split-complementary

#38B837 #7737B8 #B83779

monochromatic

#1B5A1B #2A8929 #38B837 #5ECF5D #8DDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B837

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B837	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.201 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ce75',
    500: '#38b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b837;
$custom-light: #81ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.535,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68792,
    "c": 0.20087,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B837

secondary

#C784C7

accent

#4ADDDC

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B837

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

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