#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 55)
HSLhsl(120, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(120, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.06, -58.99, 53.02)
CIE-LCHlch(66.06, 79.32, 138.05°)
OKLaboklab(68.79% -0.1602 0.1212)
OKLCHoklch(68.79% 0.201 142.9)
XYZxyz(19.4598, 35.3955, 9.4201)
Luminance0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##38B8371.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

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

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#38B837 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva