#38C437#38C437

#38C437 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.214 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C437
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(120, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(120, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -62.95, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 84.92, 137.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1709 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.214 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0591, 40.5940, 10.2866)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C437 #C337C4

analogous

#7FC437 #38C437 #37C47C

triadic

#38C437 #3738C4 #C43738

tetradic

#38C437 #377FC4 #C337C4 #C47C37

square

#38C437 #377FC4 #C337C4 #C47C37

split-complementary

#38C437 #7C37C4 #C4377F

monochromatic

#1D641C #2A942A #38C437 #65D465 #95E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C437

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C437	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.214 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d776',
    500: '#38c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c437;
$custom-light: #83d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.574,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.21444,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C437

secondary

#CC8BCC

accent

#48DFDE

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C437

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

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