#38C16D#38C16D

#38C16D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.168 H 152.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C16D
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(143, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(143, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -55.02, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 63.63, 149.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1482 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.168 152)
XYZ	xyz(23.4592, 40.0822, 20.9653)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C16D #C1388C

analogous

#48C138 #38C16D #38C1B2

triadic

#38C16D #6D38C1 #C16D38

tetradic

#38C16D #3848C1 #C1388C #C1B238

square

#38C16D #3848C1 #C1388C #C1B238

split-complementary

#38C16D #B238C1 #C13848

monochromatic

#1C6237 #2A9252 #38C16D #64D28F #94E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38C16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38C16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C16D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C16D	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.168 152.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d598',
    500: '#38c16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c16d;
$custom-light: #81d598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.212,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71863,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 152
  },
  "luminance": 0.40085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C16D

secondary

#CB8AB2

accent

#49A5DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C16D

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

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