#38C236#38C236

#38C236 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.213 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C236
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(119, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(119, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -62.38, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 84.30, 137.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1694 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.213 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5872, 39.6883, 10.0122)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C236 #C036C2

analogous

#7EC236 #38C236 #36C27A

triadic

#38C236 #3638C2 #C23638

tetradic

#38C236 #367EC2 #C036C2 #C27A36

square

#38C236 #367EC2 #C036C2 #C27A36

split-complementary

#38C236 #7A36C2 #C2367E

monochromatic

#1C621B #2A9229 #38C236 #64D362 #93E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38C236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C236

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C236	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.213 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d675',
    500: '#38c236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c236;
$custom-light: #83d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.21281,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C236

secondary

#CB88CC

accent

#48E0DE

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C236

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

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