#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
RGBrgb(56, 196, 43)
HSLhsl(115, 64%, 47%)
HSVhsv(115, 78%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.82, -63.82, 61.00)
CIE-LCHlch(69.82, 88.28, 136.30°)
OKLaboklab(71.89% -0.1739 0.1362)
OKLCHoklch(71.89% 0.221 141.9)
XYZxyz(21.8056, 40.4926, 8.9517)
Luminance0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##38C42B1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

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

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#38C42B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva