#38C478#38C478

#38C478 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.162 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C478
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(147, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(147, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 38.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -54.15, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 60.84, 152.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1462 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.162 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7587, 41.6739, 24.5047)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38C478 #C43884

analogous

#3EC438 #38C478 #38C4BE

triadic

#38C478 #7838C4 #C47838

tetradic

#38C478 #383EC4 #C43884 #C4BE38

square

#38C478 #383EC4 #C43884 #C4BE38

split-complementary

#38C478 #BE38C4 #C4383E

monochromatic

#1D653E #2A945B #38C478 #66D398 #96E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38C478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C478

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C478	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.162 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d79f',
    500: '#38c478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c478;
$custom-light: #81d79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C478

secondary

#CC8CAF

accent

#499ADF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C478

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

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