#38A855#38A855

#38A855 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.157 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A855
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(136, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(136, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -49.64, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 60.01, 145.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.1339 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.157 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2719, 29.5001, 13.3764)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A855 #A8388B

analogous

#53A838 #38A855 #38A88D

triadic

#38A855 #5538A8 #A85538

tetradic

#38A855 #3853A8 #A8388B #A88D38

square

#38A855 #3853A8 #A8388B #A88D38

split-complementary

#38A855 #8D38A8 #A83853

monochromatic

#194C27 #297A3E #38A855 #56C774 #84D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#38A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#38A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38A855

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A855	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C905B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.157 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc386',
    500: '#38a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a855;
$custom-light: #7cc386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.536,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64894,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A855

secondary

#C07CAE

accent

#4EB5DA

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8EF

border

#CAD1CA

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A855

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

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