#38C379#38C379

#38C379 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.160 H 155.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C379
RGBrgb(56, 195, 121)
HSLhsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 37.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -53.58, 26.82)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 59.92, 153.41°)
OKLaboklab(72.61% -0.1447 0.0671)
OKLCHoklch(72.61% 0.16 155.1)
XYZxyz(24.5949, 41.2486, 24.7510)
Luminance0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C379 #C33882
analogous
#3CC338 #38C379 #38C3BF
triadic
#38C379 #7938C3 #C37938
tetradic
#38C379 #383CC3 #C33882 #C3BF38
square
#38C379 #383CC3 #C33882 #C3BF38
split-complementary
#38C379 #BF38C3 #C3383C
monochromatic
#1D643E #2A935B #38C379 #65D399 #95E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38C379 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#38C379 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C379
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C379#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3791.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B374
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A77E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.160 155.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6a0',
    500: '#38c379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c379;
$custom-light: #81d6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.058,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 155.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C379
secondary
#CC8BAD
accent
#4999DF
background
#F8FDF9
surface
#F0FAF2
border
#CBD3CC
text
#0C140F
muted
#7D837E

Preview Lab

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#38C379 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva