#38C173#38C173

#38C173 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.162 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C173
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(146, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(146, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 40.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -53.95, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 61.24, 151.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1455 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.162 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7932, 40.2158, 22.7248)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C173 #C13886

analogous

#42C138 #38C173 #38C1B8

triadic

#38C173 #7338C1 #C17338

tetradic

#38C173 #3842C1 #C13886 #C1B838

square

#38C173 #3842C1 #C13886 #C1B838

split-complementary

#38C173 #B838C1 #C13842

monochromatic

#1C623A #2A9257 #38C173 #64D293 #94E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38C173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38C173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C173

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C173	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)

#C1B16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.162 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d59c',
    500: '#38c173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c173;
$custom-light: #81d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.839,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C173

secondary

#CB8AAF

accent

#499EDE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C173

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

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