#38BC60#38BC60

#38BC60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.173 H 149.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BC60
RGBrgb(56, 188, 96)
HSLhsl(138, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(138, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 0%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.76, -55.34, 36.33)
CIE-LCHlch(67.76, 66.20, 146.71°)
OKLaboklab(70.34% -0.149 0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(70.34% 0.173 149.3)
XYZxyz(21.7237, 37.6493, 17.1862)
Luminance0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BC60 #BC3894
analogous
#52BC38 #38BC60 #38BCA2
triadic
#38BC60 #6038BC #BC6038
tetradic
#38BC60 #3852BC #BC3894 #BCA238
square
#38BC60 #3852BC #BC3894 #BCA238
split-complementary
#38BC60 #A238BC #BC3852
monochromatic
#1C5E30 #2A8D48 #38BC60 #61D083 #90DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#38BC60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#38BC60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC60
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BC60#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BC601.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAC58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA167
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.173 149.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d18f',
    500: '#38bc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bc60;
$custom-light: #80d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 149.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BC60
secondary
#C987B5
accent
#4AB1DD
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC60

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#38BC60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva