#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
RGBrgb(56, 194, 66)
HSLhsl(124, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(124, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.34, -61.28, 52.09)
CIE-LCHlch(69.34, 80.43, 139.63°)
OKLaboklab(71.54% -0.1659 0.1205)
OKLCHoklch(71.54% 0.205 144)
XYZxyz(21.9046, 39.8152, 11.6839)
Luminance0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##38C2421.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

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

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#38C242 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva