#38B856#38B856

#38B856 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.177 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B856
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(134, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(134, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -55.39, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 68.07, 144.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.1493 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.177 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4496, 35.7914, 14.6330)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B856 #B8389A

analogous

#5AB838 #38B856 #38B896

triadic

#38B856 #5638B8 #B85638

tetradic

#38B856 #385AB8 #B8389A #B89638

square

#38B856 #385AB8 #B8389A #B89638

split-complementary

#38B856 #9638B8 #B8385A

monochromatic

#1B5A2A #2A8940 #38B856 #5FCE79 #8EDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B856

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B856	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)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.177 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce88',
    500: '#38b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b856;
$custom-light: #7fce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.063,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.17698,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B856

secondary

#C785B8

accent

#4BBBDD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B856

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

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