#38C279#38C279

#38C279 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.158 H 155.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C279
RGBrgb(56, 194, 121)
HSLhsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 37.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.04, -53.20, 26.40)
CIE-LCHlch(70.04, 59.39, 153.60°)
OKLaboklab(72.35% -0.1437 0.0661)
OKLCHoklch(72.35% 0.158 155.3)
XYZxyz(24.3716, 40.8020, 24.6766)
Luminance0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C279 #C23881
analogous
#3CC238 #38C279 #38C2BE
triadic
#38C279 #7938C2 #C27938
tetradic
#38C279 #383CC2 #C23881 #C2BE38
square
#38C279 #383CC2 #C23881 #C2BE38
split-complementary
#38C279 #BE38C2 #C2383C
monochromatic
#1D633E #2A935B #38C279 #65D298 #94E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38C279 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#38C279 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C279
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C279#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C2791.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B274
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A67E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.158 155.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5a0',
    500: '#38c279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c279;
$custom-light: #81d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 155.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C279
secondary
#CB8AAD
accent
#4998DF
background
#F8FDF9
surface
#F0FAF2
border
#CBD3CC
text
#0C140F
muted
#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C279

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#38C279 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva