#38C466#38C466

#38C466 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.178 H 149.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C466
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(140, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(140, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 48%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -57.28, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 67.97, 147.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1541 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.178 149.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7672, 41.2772, 19.2825)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C466 #C43896

analogous

#50C438 #38C466 #38C4AC

triadic

#38C466 #6638C4 #C46638

tetradic

#38C466 #3850C4 #C43896 #C4AC38

square

#38C466 #3850C4 #C43896 #C4AC38

split-complementary

#38C466 #AC38C4 #C43850

monochromatic

#1D6534 #2A944D #38C466 #66D38A #96E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38C466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C466

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C466	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.178 149.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d793',
    500: '#38c466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c466;
$custom-light: #81d793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.17812,
    "h": 149.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C466

secondary

#CC8CB7

accent

#49AEDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C466

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

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