#38C174#38C174

#38C174 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.161 H 153.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C174
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(146, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(146, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 39.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -53.76, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 60.84, 152.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1451 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.161 153.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8511, 40.2389, 23.0295)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C174 #C13885

analogous

#41C138 #38C174 #38C1B9

triadic

#38C174 #7438C1 #C17438

tetradic

#38C174 #3841C1 #C13885 #C1B938

square

#38C174 #3841C1 #C13885 #C1B938

split-complementary

#38C174 #B938C1 #C13841

monochromatic

#1C623B #2A9257 #38C174 #64D294 #94E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38C174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38C174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C174

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C174	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.161 153.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d59d',
    500: '#38c174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c174;
$custom-light: #81d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.277,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71992,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 153.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C174

secondary

#CB8AAE

accent

#499DDE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C174

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

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