#38C157#38C157

#38C157 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.187 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C157
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(134, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(134, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -58.44, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 72.29, 143.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1575 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.187 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4195, 39.6663, 15.4898)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C157 #C138A2

analogous

#5EC138 #38C157 #38C19C

triadic

#38C157 #5738C1 #C15738

tetradic

#38C157 #385EC1 #C138A2 #C19C38

square

#38C157 #385EC1 #C138A2 #C19C38

split-complementary

#38C157 #9C38C1 #C1385E

monochromatic

#1C622C #2A9242 #38C157 #64D27D #94E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C157

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C157	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.187 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d589',
    500: '#38c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c157;
$custom-light: #81d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.577,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71522,
    "c": 0.18746,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C157

secondary

#CB8ABC

accent

#49BDDE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C157

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

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