#38C377#38C377

#38C377 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.161 H 154.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C377
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 119)
HSL	hsl(147, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(147, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 39%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -53.96, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 60.71, 152.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1456 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.161 154.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4735, 41.2001, 24.1118)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C377 #C33884

analogous

#3FC338 #38C377 #38C3BD

triadic

#38C377 #7738C3 #C37738

tetradic

#38C377 #383FC3 #C33884 #C3BD38

square

#38C377 #383FC3 #C33884 #C3BD38

split-complementary

#38C377 #BD38C3 #C3383F

monochromatic

#1D643D #2A935A #38C377 #65D397 #95E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38C377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C377

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C377	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.161 154.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d69f',
    500: '#38c377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c377;
$custom-light: #81d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.194,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 154.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C377

secondary

#CC8BAE

accent

#499BDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C377

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

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