#38C178#38C178

#38C178 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.158 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C178
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 37.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -53.01, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 59.26, 153.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1432 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.158 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0888, 40.3340, 24.2814)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C178 #C13881

analogous

#3DC138 #38C178 #38C1BD

triadic

#38C178 #7838C1 #C17838

tetradic

#38C178 #383DC1 #C13881 #C1BD38

square

#38C178 #383DC1 #C13881 #C1BD38

split-complementary

#38C178 #BD38C1 #C1383D

monochromatic

#1C623D #2A925B #38C178 #64D297 #94E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38C178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38C178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C178

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C178	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.158 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d59f',
    500: '#38c178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c178;
$custom-light: #81d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.029,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C178

secondary

#CB8AAD

accent

#4999DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C178

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

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