#38C479#38C479

#38C479 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.161 H 155.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C479
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 38.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -53.96, 27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 60.44, 153.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1457 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.161 155)
XYZ	xyz(24.8197, 41.6983, 24.8260)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C479 #C43883

analogous

#3DC438 #38C479 #38C4BF

triadic

#38C479 #7938C4 #C47938

tetradic

#38C479 #383DC4 #C43883 #C4BF38

square

#38C479 #383DC4 #C43883 #C4BF38

split-complementary

#38C479 #BF38C4 #C4383D

monochromatic

#1D653E #2A945C #38C479 #66D399 #96E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38C479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C479

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C479	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)

#C3B474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.161 155.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7a0',
    500: '#38c479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c479;
$custom-light: #81d7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 155
  },
  "luminance": 0.41701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C479

secondary

#CC8CAE

accent

#4999DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C479

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

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