#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
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 37.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -53.20, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 59.39, 153.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1437 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.158 155.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3716, 40.8020, 24.6766)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38C279	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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