#38B83B#38B83B

#38B83B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.198 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B83B
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(121, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(121, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -58.62, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 78.00, 138.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.159 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.198 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5596, 35.4354, 9.9457)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B83B #B838B5

analogous

#75B838 #38B83B #38B87B

triadic

#38B83B #3B38B8 #B83B38

tetradic

#38B83B #3875B8 #B838B5 #B87B38

square

#38B83B #3875B8 #B838B5 #B87B38

split-complementary

#38B83B #7B38B8 #B83875

monochromatic

#1B5A1D #2A892C #38B83B #5FCE62 #8EDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B83B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B83B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.198 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ce77',
    500: '#38b83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b83b;
$custom-light: #81ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.406,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68828,
    "c": 0.19822,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B83B

secondary

#C785C6

accent

#4BD9DD

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B83B

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

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