#38C465#38C465

#38C465 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.179 H 149.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C465
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(139, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(139, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 48.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -57.44, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 68.37, 147.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1546 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.179 149.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7179, 41.2575, 19.0229)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C465 #C43897

analogous

#51C438 #38C465 #38C4AB

triadic

#38C465 #6538C4 #C46538

tetradic

#38C465 #3851C4 #C43897 #C4AB38

square

#38C465 #3851C4 #C43897 #C4AB38

split-complementary

#38C465 #AB38C4 #C43851

monochromatic

#1D6534 #2A944C #38C465 #66D389 #96E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38C465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C465

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C465	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.179 149.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d792',
    500: '#38c465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c465;
$custom-light: #81d792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.17902,
    "h": 149.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C465

secondary

#CC8CB7

accent

#49AFDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C465

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

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