#38CA42#38CA42

#38CA42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.214 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA42
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(124, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(124, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -63.91, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 84.22, 139.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.173 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.214 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7333, 43.4725, 12.2934)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA42 #CA38C0

analogous

#77CA38 #38CA42 #38CA8B

triadic

#38CA42 #4238CA #CA4238

tetradic

#38CA42 #3877CA #CA38C0 #CA8B38

square

#38CA42 #3877CA #CA38C0 #CA8B38

split-complementary

#38CA42 #8B38CA #CA3877

monochromatic

#1D6B22 #299B31 #38CA42 #68D770 #99E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA42

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA42	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.214 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84db7d',
    500: '#38ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca42;
$custom-light: #84db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.11,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.21422,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA42

secondary

#CF8ECB

accent

#47D7E1

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA42

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

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