#38C980#38C980

#38C980 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.161 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C980
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 128)
HSL	hsl(150, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -54.51, 25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 60.31, 154.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.1474 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.161 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4113, 44.1695, 27.5515)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C980 #C93881

analogous

#38C938 #38C980 #38C9C8

triadic

#38C980 #8038C9 #C98038

tetradic

#38C980 #3838C9 #C93881 #C9C838

square

#38C980 #3838C9 #C93881 #C9C838

split-complementary

#38C980 #C838C9 #C93838

monochromatic

#1D6A43 #2A9A62 #38C980 #68D69F #98E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C980

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C980	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.161 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daa5',
    500: '#38c980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c980;
$custom-light: #82daa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C980

secondary

#CF8EAF

accent

#4794E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C980

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

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