#38C74A#38C74A

#38C74A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.205 H 144.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C74A
RGBrgb(56, 199, 74)
HSLhsl(128, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(128, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(70.99, -62.10, 50.53)
CIE-LCHlch(70.99, 80.06, 140.87°)
OKLaboklab(72.94% -0.1678 0.118)
OKLCHoklch(72.94% 0.205 144.9)
XYZxyz(23.2888, 42.1794, 13.3913)
Luminance0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C74A #C738B5
analogous
#6EC738 #38C74A #38C791
triadic
#38C74A #4A38C7 #C74A38
tetradic
#38C74A #386EC7 #C738B5 #C79138
square
#38C74A #386EC7 #C738B5 #C79138
split-complementary
#38C74A #9138C7 #C7386E
monochromatic
#1D6726 #2B9738 #38C74A #68D475 #98E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C74A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#38C74A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C74A
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C74A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C74A1.002.239.449.44
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB53B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA955
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.205 144.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d981',
    500: '#38c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c74a;
$custom-light: #83d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.552,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C74A
secondary
#CD8DC5
accent
#48CCDF
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0C150B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

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#38C74A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva