#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
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(137, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(137, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -58.41, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 70.45, 146.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1572 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.184 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7529, 41.6336, 18.0912)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38C561	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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