#38C561#38C561

#38C561 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.184 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C561
RGBrgb(56, 197, 97)
HSLhsl(137, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(137, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.62, -58.41, 39.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.62, 70.45, 146.01°)
OKLaboklab(72.71% -0.1572 0.0953)
OKLCHoklch(72.71% 0.184 148.8)
XYZxyz(23.7529, 41.6336, 18.0912)
Luminance0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C561 #C5389C
analogous
#55C538 #38C561 #38C5A8
triadic
#38C561 #6138C5 #C56138
tetradic
#38C561 #3855C5 #C5389C #C5A838
square
#38C561 #3855C5 #C5389C #C5A838
split-complementary
#38C561 #A838C5 #C53855
monochromatic
#1D6632 #2A954A #38C561 #67D486 #96E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25
#38C561 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33
#38C561 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C561
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C561#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5611.002.259.339.33
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3321.001.001.00
##0000009.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A868
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.184 148.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d890',
    500: '#38c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c561;
$custom-light: #82d890;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.18384,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C561
secondary
#CD8CBA
accent
#49B3DF
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C150D
muted
#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C561

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#38C561 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva