#38B838#38B838

#38B838 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.200 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B838
RGBrgb(56, 184, 56)
HSLhsl(120, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(120, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.06, -58.90, 52.63)
CIE-LCHlch(66.06, 78.99, 138.22°)
OKLaboklab(68.8% -0.1599 0.1205)
OKLCHoklch(68.8% 0.2 143)
XYZxyz(19.4840, 35.4052, 9.5477)
Luminance0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B838 #B838B8
analogous
#78B838 #38B838 #38B878
triadic
#38B838 #3838B8 #B83838
tetradic
#38B838 #3878B8 #B838B8 #B87838
square
#38B838 #3878B8 #B838B8 #B87838
split-complementary
#38B838 #7838B8 #B83878
monochromatic
#1B5A1B #2A892A #38B838 #5FCE5F #8EDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#38B838 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08
#38B838 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B838
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B838#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8381.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA725
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9D44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#11B39E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.200 143.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ce75',
    500: '#38b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b838;
$custom-light: #81ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68801,
    "c": 0.20022,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.35407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B838
secondary
#C785C7
accent
#4BDDDD
background
#F8FCF7
surface
#F0F9ED
border
#CBD2C8
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D827B

Preview Lab

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#38B838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva