#38B962#38B962

#38B962 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.168 H 150.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B962
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(140, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(140, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -53.92, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 63.82, 147.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.1452 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.168 150.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1828, 36.4182, 17.4660)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B962 #B9388F

analogous

#4EB938 #38B962 #38B9A3

triadic

#38B962 #6238B9 #B96238

tetradic

#38B962 #384EB9 #B9388F #B9A338

square

#38B962 #384EB9 #B9388F #B9A338

split-complementary

#38B962 #A338B9 #B9384E

monochromatic

#1C5B30 #2A8A49 #38B962 #5FCF84 #8EDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B962

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B962	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.168 150.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcf90',
    500: '#38b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b962;
$custom-light: #7fcf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.535,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 150.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B962

secondary

#C885B2

accent

#4BADDD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B962

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

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