#38B937#38B937

#38B937 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.202 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B937
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -59.33, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 79.79, 138.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.1611 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.202 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6683, 35.8124, 9.4896)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B937 #B837B9

analogous

#79B937 #38B937 #37B977

triadic

#38B937 #3738B9 #B93738

tetradic

#38B937 #3779B9 #B837B9 #B97737

square

#38B937 #3779B9 #B837B9 #B97737

split-complementary

#38B937 #7737B9 #B93779

monochromatic

#1B5B1B #2A8A29 #38B937 #5FCF5E #8EDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B937

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B937	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.202 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cf75',
    500: '#38b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b937;
$custom-light: #81cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.20202,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B937

secondary

#C784C8

accent

#4ADEDC

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B937

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

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