#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
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 37.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -53.58, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 59.92, 153.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1447 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.16 155.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5949, 41.2486, 24.7510)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38C379	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C379

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

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