#38E231#38E231

#38E231 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.249 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E231
RGB	rgb(56, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(118, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(118, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -72.71, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 99.73, 136.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.1976 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.249 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3798, 55.4518, 12.0600)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E231 #DB31E2

analogous

#91E231 #38E231 #31E283

triadic

#38E231 #3138E2 #E23138

tetradic

#38E231 #3191E2 #DB31E2 #E28331

square

#38E231 #3191E2 #DB31E2 #E28331

split-complementary

#38E231 #8331E2 #E23191

monochromatic

#178613 #21BB1A #38E231 #6CEA67 #A0F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#38E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E231

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E231	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.249 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aec77',
    500: '#38e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e231;
$custom-light: #8aec77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.627,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.24945,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E231

secondary

#882B8C

accent

#36F2EA

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF1

border

#CFD6CB

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E231

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

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