#38C160#38C160

#38C160 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.180 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C160
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(138, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 50.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -57.14, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 68.79, 146.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1538 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.18 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8104, 39.8227, 17.5485)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C160 #C13899

analogous

#55C138 #38C160 #38C1A5

triadic

#38C160 #6038C1 #C16038

tetradic

#38C160 #3855C1 #C13899 #C1A538

square

#38C160 #3855C1 #C13899 #C1A538

split-complementary

#38C160 #A538C1 #C13855

monochromatic

#1C6231 #2A9248 #38C160 #64D284 #94E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38C160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38C160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C160

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C160	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.180 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d58f',
    500: '#38c160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c160;
$custom-light: #81d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.518,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C160

secondary

#CB8AB8

accent

#49B3DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C160

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

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