#38C172#38C172

#38C172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.163 H 153.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C172
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(145, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(145, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -54.13, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 61.64, 151.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1459 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.163 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7360, 40.1929, 22.4234)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C172 #C13887

analogous

#43C138 #38C172 #38C1B7

triadic

#38C172 #7238C1 #C17238

tetradic

#38C172 #3843C1 #C13887 #C1B738

square

#38C172 #3843C1 #C13887 #C1B738

split-complementary

#38C172 #B738C1 #C13843

monochromatic

#1C623A #2A9256 #38C172 #64D293 #94E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38C172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38C172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C172

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C172	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.163 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d59b',
    500: '#38c172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c172;
$custom-light: #81d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.401,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C172

secondary

#CB8AAF

accent

#499FDE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C172

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

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