#38C231#38C231

#38C231 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.216 H 142.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C231
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(117, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(117, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -62.77, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 85.77, 137.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1707 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.216 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4758, 39.6437, 9.4253)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C231 #BB31C2

analogous

#81C231 #38C231 #31C272

triadic

#38C231 #3138C2 #C23138

tetradic

#38C231 #3181C2 #BB31C2 #C27231

square

#38C231 #3181C2 #BB31C2 #C27231

split-complementary

#38C231 #7231C2 #C23181

monochromatic

#1C6018 #2A9125 #38C231 #61D65B #90E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C231

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C231	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09BCA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.216 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d673',
    500: '#38c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c231;
$custom-light: #83d673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.103,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71401,
    "c": 0.21565,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C231

secondary

#C883CC

accent

#45E3DB

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C231

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

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