#38C161#38C161

#38C161 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.179 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C161
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(138, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -56.99, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 68.40, 146.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1534 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.179 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8567, 39.8412, 17.7925)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C161 #C13898

analogous

#54C138 #38C161 #38C1A6

triadic

#38C161 #6138C1 #C16138

tetradic

#38C161 #3854C1 #C13898 #C1A638

square

#38C161 #3854C1 #C13898 #C1A638

split-complementary

#38C161 #A638C1 #C13854

monochromatic

#1C6231 #2A9249 #38C161 #64D285 #94E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C161

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C161	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)

#C3B059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.179 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d590',
    500: '#38c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c161;
$custom-light: #81d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.956,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.17876,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C161

secondary

#CB8AB7

accent

#49B2DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C161

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

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