#38C462#38C462

#38C462 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.182 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C462
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(138, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -57.90, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 69.55, 146.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1558 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.182 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5736, 41.1998, 18.2629)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C462 #C4389A

analogous

#54C438 #38C462 #38C4A8

triadic

#38C462 #6238C4 #C46238

tetradic

#38C462 #3854C4 #C4389A #C4A838

square

#38C462 #3854C4 #C4389A #C4A838

split-complementary

#38C462 #A838C4 #C43854

monochromatic

#1D6532 #2A944A #38C462 #66D387 #96E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C462

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C462	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)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.182 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d790',
    500: '#38c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c462;
$custom-light: #82d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.1817,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C462

secondary

#CC8CB9

accent

#49B2DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C462

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

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