#38C12D#38C12D

#38C12D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.217 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C12D
RGBrgb(56, 193, 45)
HSLhsl(116, 62%, 47%)
HSVhsv(116, 77%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 76.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.87, -62.73, 59.45)
CIE-LCHlch(68.87, 86.42, 136.54°)
OKLaboklab(71.11% -0.1708 0.1333)
OKLCHoklch(71.11% 0.217 142)
XYZxyz(21.1733, 39.1678, 8.9264)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C12D #B62DC1
analogous
#82C12D #38C12D #2DC16C
triadic
#38C12D #2D38C1 #C12D38
tetradic
#38C12D #2D82C1 #B62DC1 #C16C2D
square
#38C12D #2D82C1 #B62DC1 #C16C2D
split-complementary
#38C12D #6C2DC1 #C12D82
monochromatic
#1B5E16 #2A8F21 #38C12D #5ED754 #8DE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#38C12D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#38C12D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C12D
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C12D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C12D1.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6AF06
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A43E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0DBBA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.217 142.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d571',
    500: '#38c12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c12d;
$custom-light: #83d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.541,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.21666,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.3917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C12D
secondary
#C67ECC
accent
#43E5D9
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAED
border
#CBD3C8
text
#0C1408
muted
#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C12D

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#38C12D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva