#38C461#38C461

#38C461 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.183 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C461
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(138, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -58.06, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 69.94, 146.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1562 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.183 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5266, 41.1810, 18.0158)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C461 #C4389B

analogous

#55C438 #38C461 #38C4A7

triadic

#38C461 #6138C4 #C46138

tetradic

#38C461 #3855C4 #C4389B #C4A738

square

#38C461 #3855C4 #C4389B #C4A738

split-complementary

#38C461 #A738C4 #C43855

monochromatic

#1D6532 #2A9449 #38C461 #66D386 #96E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C461

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C461	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.183 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d790',
    500: '#38c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c461;
$custom-light: #82d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.18257,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C461

secondary

#CC8CB9

accent

#49B3DF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C461

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

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