#38B849#38B849

#38B849 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.188 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B849
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(128, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(128, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -57.11, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 73.04, 141.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.1543 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.188 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9726, 35.6006, 12.1211)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B849 #B838A7

analogous

#67B838 #38B849 #38B889

triadic

#38B849 #4938B8 #B84938

tetradic

#38B849 #3867B8 #B838A7 #B88938

square

#38B849 #3867B8 #B838A7 #B88938

split-complementary

#38B849 #8938B8 #B83867

monochromatic

#1B5A24 #2A8936 #38B849 #5FCE6E #8EDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B849

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B849	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.188 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ce7f',
    500: '#38b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b849;
$custom-light: #80ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.969,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68974,
    "c": 0.18787,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B849

secondary

#C785BE

accent

#4BC9DD

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B849

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

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