#38C162#38C162

#38C162 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.178 H 149.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C162
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(138, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -56.83, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 68.00, 146.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.153 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.178 149.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9036, 39.8600, 18.0396)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C162 #C13897

analogous

#53C138 #38C162 #38C1A7

triadic

#38C162 #6238C1 #C16238

tetradic

#38C162 #3853C1 #C13897 #C1A738

square

#38C162 #3853C1 #C13897 #C1A738

split-complementary

#38C162 #A738C1 #C13853

monochromatic

#1C6232 #2A924A #38C162 #64D286 #94E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C162

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C162	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)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.178 149.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d590',
    500: '#38c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c162;
$custom-light: #81d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.394,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.17787,
    "h": 149.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C162

secondary

#CB8AB7

accent

#49B1DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C162

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

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