#38C42B#38C42B

#38C42B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.221 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C42B
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(115, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(115, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -63.82, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 88.28, 136.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1739 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.221 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8056, 40.4926, 8.9517)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C42B #B72BC4

analogous

#85C42B #38C42B #2BC46B

triadic

#38C42B #2B38C4 #C42B38

tetradic

#38C42B #2B85C4 #B72BC4 #C46B2B

square

#38C42B #2B85C4 #B72BC4 #C46B2B

split-complementary

#38C42B #6B2BC4 #C42B85

monochromatic

#1B6015 #2A9220 #38C42B #5ED953 #8DE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38C42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38C42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C42B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C42B	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.221 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d770',
    500: '#38c42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c42b;
$custom-light: #84d770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.902,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.22088,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C42B

secondary

#C77DCE

accent

#41E7D9

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1508

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C42B

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

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