#38B855#38B855

#38B855 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.178 H 147.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B855
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(134, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(134, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -55.54, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 68.46, 144.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.1497 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.178 147.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4096, 35.7754, 14.4223)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B855 #B8389B

analogous

#5BB838 #38B855 #38B895

triadic

#38B855 #5538B8 #B85538

tetradic

#38B855 #385BB8 #B8389B #B89538

square

#38B855 #385BB8 #B8389B #B89538

split-complementary

#38B855 #9538B8 #B8385B

monochromatic

#1B5A2A #2A893F #38B855 #5FCE78 #8EDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B855

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B855	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.178 147.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce87',
    500: '#38b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b855;
$custom-light: #7fce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69129,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 147.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B855

secondary

#C785B8

accent

#4BBCDD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B855

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

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