#38B978#38B978

#38B978 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.147 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B978
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(150, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -49.91, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 55.00, 155.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1352 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.147 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3679, 36.8922, 23.7077)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B978 #B93879

analogous

#39B938 #38B978 #38B9B8

triadic

#38B978 #7838B9 #B97838

tetradic

#38B978 #3839B9 #B93879 #B9B838

square

#38B978 #3839B9 #B93879 #B9B838

split-complementary

#38B978 #B838B9 #B93839

monochromatic

#1C5B3B #2A8A5A #38B978 #5FCF97 #8EDDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#38B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B978

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B978	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.147 156.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcf9f',
    500: '#38b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b978;
$custom-light: #7fcf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.767,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70002,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B978

secondary

#C885A7

accent

#4B94DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B978

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

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