#38C242#38C242

#38C242 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.205 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C242
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(124, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(124, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -61.28, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 80.43, 139.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1659 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.205 144)
XYZ	xyz(21.9046, 39.8152, 11.6839)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C242 #C238B8

analogous

#73C238 #38C242 #38C287

triadic

#38C242 #4238C2 #C24238

tetradic

#38C242 #3873C2 #C238B8 #C28738

square

#38C242 #3873C2 #C238B8 #C28738

split-complementary

#38C242 #8738C2 #C23873

monochromatic

#1D6322 #2A9332 #38C242 #65D26D #94E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C242

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C242	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.205 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d67c',
    500: '#38c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c242;
$custom-light: #82d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.20503,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C242

secondary

#CB8AC7

accent

#49D4DF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C242

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

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