#38C842#38C842

#38C842 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.212 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C842
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(124, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(124, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -63.26, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 83.28, 139.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1713 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.212 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2670, 42.5400, 12.1380)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C842 #C838BE

analogous

#76C838 #38C842 #38C88A

triadic

#38C842 #4238C8 #C84238

tetradic

#38C842 #3876C8 #C838BE #C88A38

square

#38C842 #3876C8 #C838BE #C88A38

split-complementary

#38C842 #8A38C8 #C83876

monochromatic

#1D6922 #2A9932 #38C842 #68D570 #98E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C842

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C842	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.212 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84da7d',
    500: '#38c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c842;
$custom-light: #84da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.21194,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C842

secondary

#CE8ECA

accent

#48D5E0

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0C150A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C842

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

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