#38C979#38C979

#38C979 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.167 H 154.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C979
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 121)
HSL	hsl(147, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(147, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -55.84, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 63.06, 152.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1506 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.167 154.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9664, 43.9915, 25.2082)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C979 #C93888

analogous

#3FC938 #38C979 #38C9C2

triadic

#38C979 #7938C9 #C97938

tetradic

#38C979 #383FC9 #C93888 #C9C238

square

#38C979 #383FC9 #C93888 #C9C238

split-complementary

#38C979 #C238C9 #C9383F

monochromatic

#1D6A3F #2A9A5C #38C979 #68D699 #98E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C979

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C979	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.167 154.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daa0',
    500: '#38c979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c979;
$custom-light: #82daa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.897,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74149,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 154.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C979

secondary

#CF8EB2

accent

#479CE1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C979

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

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