#38C43B#38C43B

#38C43B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.212 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C43B
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(121, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(121, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -62.61, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 83.68, 138.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1698 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.212 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1589, 40.6339, 10.8122)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C43B #C438C1

analogous

#7BC438 #38C43B #38C481

triadic

#38C43B #3B38C4 #C43B38

tetradic

#38C43B #387BC4 #C438C1 #C48138

square

#38C43B #387BC4 #C438C1 #C48138

split-complementary

#38C43B #8138C4 #C4387B

monochromatic

#1D651E #2A942D #38C43B #66D368 #96E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C43B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C43B	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.212 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d778',
    500: '#38c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c43b;
$custom-light: #83d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.21198,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C43B

secondary

#CC8CCB

accent

#49DCDF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C43B

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

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