#38C742#38C742

#38C742 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.211 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C742
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(124, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(124, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -62.94, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 82.81, 139.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1704 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.211 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0362, 42.0784, 12.0611)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C742 #C738BD

analogous

#75C738 #38C742 #38C78A

triadic

#38C742 #4238C7 #C74238

tetradic

#38C742 #3875C7 #C738BD #C78A38

square

#38C742 #3875C7 #C738BD #C78A38

split-complementary

#38C742 #8A38C7 #C73875

monochromatic

#1D6722 #2B9732 #38C742 #68D46F #98E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#38C742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C742

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C742	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.211 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d97c',
    500: '#38c742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c742;
$custom-light: #83d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.196,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.2108,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C742

secondary

#CD8DC9

accent

#48D5DF

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0C150A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C742

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

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