#38B956#38B956

#38B956 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.178 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B956
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(134, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(134, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -55.75, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 68.58, 144.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.1502 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.178 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6580, 36.2083, 14.7025)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B956 #B9389B

analogous

#5BB938 #38B956 #38B996

triadic

#38B956 #5638B9 #B95638

tetradic

#38B956 #385BB9 #B9389B #B99638

square

#38B956 #385BB9 #B9389B #B99638

split-complementary

#38B956 #9638B9 #B9385B

monochromatic

#1C5B2A #2A8A40 #38B956 #5FCF79 #8EDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B956

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B956	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.178 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cf88',
    500: '#38b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b956;
$custom-light: #80cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.953,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69406,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B956

secondary

#C885B8

accent

#4BBBDD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B956

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

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