#38BC3B#38BC3B

#38BC3B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.203 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BC3B
RGBrgb(56, 188, 59)
HSLhsl(121, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(121, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 0%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.37, -59.97, 52.83)
CIE-LCHlch(67.37, 79.92, 138.62°)
OKLaboklab(69.89% -0.1627 0.1212)
OKLCHoklch(69.89% 0.203 143.3)
XYZxyz(20.4023, 37.1207, 10.2266)
Luminance0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BC3B #BC38B9
analogous
#77BC38 #38BC3B #38BC7D
triadic
#38BC3B #3B38BC #BC3B38
tetradic
#38BC3B #3877BC #BC38B9 #BC7D38
square
#38BC3B #3877BC #BC38B9 #BC7D38
split-complementary
#38BC3B #7D38BC #BC3877
monochromatic
#1C5E1D #2A8D2C #38BC3B #61D064 #90DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#38BC3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#38BC3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC3B
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BC3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BC3B1.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AA28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A047
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0BB7A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.203 143.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d177',
    500: '#38bc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bc3b;
$custom-light: #81d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6989,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BC3B
secondary
#C987C7
accent
#4ADADD
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAEE
border
#CBD3C9
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC3B

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#38BC3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva