#38B972#38B972

#38B972 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.153 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B972
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 114)
HSL	hsl(147, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(147, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -51.08, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 57.39, 152.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.138 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.153 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0151, 36.7511, 21.8498)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B972 #B9387F

analogous

#3EB938 #38B972 #38B9B3

triadic

#38B972 #7238B9 #B97238

tetradic

#38B972 #383EB9 #B9387F #B9B338

square

#38B972 #383EB9 #B9387F #B9B338

split-complementary

#38B972 #B338B9 #B9383E

monochromatic

#1C5B38 #2A8A55 #38B972 #5FCF91 #8EDDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#38B972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B972

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B972	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.153 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcf9b',
    500: '#38b972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b972;
$custom-light: #7fcf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.977,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6988,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B972

secondary

#C885AA

accent

#4B9BDD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B972

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

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