#38C579#38C579

#38C579 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.162 H 154.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C579
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(148, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -54.34, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 60.97, 153.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1467 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.162 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0460, 42.1509, 24.9014)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C579 #C53884

analogous

#3DC538 #38C579 #38C5C0

triadic

#38C579 #7938C5 #C57938

tetradic

#38C579 #383DC5 #C53884 #C5C038

square

#38C579 #383DC5 #C53884 #C5C038

split-complementary

#38C579 #C038C5 #C5383D

monochromatic

#1D663E #2A955C #38C579 #67D499 #96E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C579

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C579	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.162 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d8a0',
    500: '#38c579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c579;
$custom-light: #81d8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C579

secondary

#CD8CAF

accent

#499ADF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C579

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

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