#38CA40#38CA40

#38CA40 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.216 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CA40
RGBrgb(56, 202, 64)
HSLhsl(123, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(123, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.86, -64.10, 55.62)
CIE-LCHlch(71.86, 84.87, 139.05°)
OKLaboklab(73.63% -0.1737 0.1277)
OKLCHoklch(73.63% 0.216 143.7)
XYZxyz(23.6753, 43.4493, 11.9883)
Luminance0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CA40 #CA38C2
analogous
#79CA38 #38CA40 #38CA89
triadic
#38CA40 #4038CA #CA4038
tetradic
#38CA40 #3879CA #CA38C2 #CA8938
square
#38CA40 #3879CA #CA38C2 #CA8938
split-complementary
#38CA40 #8938CA #CA3879
monochromatic
#1D6B21 #299B30 #38CA40 #68D76E #99E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#38CA40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69
#38CA40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA40
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CA40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CA401.002.179.699.69
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6921.001.001.00
##0000009.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB72C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAC4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.216 143.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84db7c',
    500: '#38ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38ca40;
$custom-light: #84db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.288,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73628,
    "c": 0.21555,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CA40
secondary
#CF8ECC
accent
#47D9E1
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FBEE
border
#CBD4C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA40

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#38CA40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva