#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -58.90, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 78.99, 138.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.1599 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.2 143)
XYZ	xyz(19.4840, 35.4052, 9.5477)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38B838	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)

#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

Preview with #38B838

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

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