#38C179#38C179

#38C179 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.157 H 155.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C179
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 37.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -52.81, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 58.86, 153.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1428 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.157 155.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1498, 40.3584, 24.6027)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C179 #C13880

analogous

#3CC138 #38C179 #38C1BE

triadic

#38C179 #7938C1 #C17938

tetradic

#38C179 #383CC1 #C13880 #C1BE38

square

#38C179 #383CC1 #C13880 #C1BE38

split-complementary

#38C179 #BE38C1 #C1383C

monochromatic

#1C623E #2A925B #38C179 #64D298 #94E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38C179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C179

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C179	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#C0B274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.157 155.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a0',
    500: '#38c179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c179;
$custom-light: #81d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.467,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 155.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C179

secondary

#CB8AAC

accent

#4998DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C179

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

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