#38C237#38C237

#38C237 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.212 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C237
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(120, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(120, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -62.30, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 84.00, 137.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1692 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.212 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6110, 39.6978, 10.1372)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C237 #C137C2

analogous

#7EC237 #38C237 #37C27C

triadic

#38C237 #3738C2 #C23738

tetradic

#38C237 #377EC2 #C137C2 #C27C37

square

#38C237 #377EC2 #C137C2 #C27C37

split-complementary

#38C237 #7C37C2 #C2377E

monochromatic

#1C631C #2A9229 #38C237 #64D363 #94E093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38C237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C237

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C237	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.212 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d676',
    500: '#38c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c237;
$custom-light: #83d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.568,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.21221,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C237

secondary

#CB89CB

accent

#49DFDE

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C237

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

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