#38B839#38B839

#38B839 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.200 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B839
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(120, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -58.81, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 78.67, 138.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.1596 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.2 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5087, 35.4150, 9.6778)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B839 #B838B7

analogous

#77B838 #38B839 #38B879

triadic

#38B839 #3938B8 #B83938

tetradic

#38B839 #3877B8 #B838B7 #B87938

square

#38B839 #3877B8 #B838B7 #B87938

split-complementary

#38B839 #7938B8 #B83877

monochromatic

#1B5A1C #2A892A #38B839 #5FCE60 #8EDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B839

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B839	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.200 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ce76',
    500: '#38b839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b839;
$custom-light: #81ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6881,
    "c": 0.19957,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B839

secondary

#C785C7

accent

#4BDCDD

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B839

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

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