#38C438#38C438

#38C438 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.214 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C438
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(120, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -62.87, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 84.61, 137.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1707 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.214 143)
XYZ	xyz(22.0833, 40.6037, 10.4141)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C438 #C438C4

analogous

#7EC438 #38C438 #38C47E

triadic

#38C438 #3838C4 #C43838

tetradic

#38C438 #387EC4 #C438C4 #C47E38

square

#38C438 #387EC4 #C438C4 #C47E38

split-complementary

#38C438 #7E38C4 #C4387E

monochromatic

#1D651D #2A942A #38C438 #66D366 #96E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C438

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C438	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)

#C8B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.214 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d777',
    500: '#38c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c438;
$custom-light: #83d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.21384,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C438

secondary

#CC8CCC

accent

#49DFDF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C438

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

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