#38C238#38C238

#38C238 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.212 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C238
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(120, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -62.21, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 83.69, 138.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1689 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.212 143)
XYZ	xyz(21.6352, 39.7075, 10.2647)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C238 #C238C2

analogous

#7DC238 #38C238 #38C27D

triadic

#38C238 #3838C2 #C23838

tetradic

#38C238 #387DC2 #C238C2 #C27D38

square

#38C238 #387DC2 #C238C2 #C27D38

split-complementary

#38C238 #7D38C2 #C2387D

monochromatic

#1D631D #2A932A #38C238 #65D265 #94E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C238

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C238	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)

#C6B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.212 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d676',
    500: '#38c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c238;
$custom-light: #83d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.2116,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.3971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C238

secondary

#CB8ACB

accent

#49DFDF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C238

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

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