#38C538#38C538

#38C538 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.215 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C538
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(120, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -63.19, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 85.07, 137.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1715 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.215 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3096, 41.0563, 10.4895)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C538 #C538C5

analogous

#7FC538 #38C538 #38C57F

triadic

#38C538 #3838C5 #C53838

tetradic

#38C538 #387FC5 #C538C5 #C57F38

square

#38C538 #387FC5 #C538C5 #C57F38

split-complementary

#38C538 #7F38C5 #C5387F

monochromatic

#1D661D #2A952A #38C538 #67D467 #96E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C538

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C538	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.215 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d877',
    500: '#38c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c538;
$custom-light: #83d877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C538

secondary

#CD8CCD

accent

#49DFDF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C538

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

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