#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
RGBrgb(56, 197, 121)
HSLhsl(148, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(148, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.97, -54.34, 27.65)
CIE-LCHlch(70.97, 60.97, 153.03°)
OKLaboklab(73.12% -0.1467 0.069)
OKLCHoklch(73.12% 0.162 154.8)
XYZxyz(25.0460, 42.1509, 24.9014)
Luminance0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38C5791.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

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

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#38C579 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva