#38C255#38C255

#38C255 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.190 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C255
RGBrgb(56, 194, 85)
HSLhsl(133, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(133, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.52, -59.06, 43.84)
CIE-LCHlch(69.52, 73.56, 143.41°)
OKLaboklab(71.76% -0.1592 0.1044)
OKLCHoklch(71.76% 0.19 146.7)
XYZxyz(22.5607, 40.0777, 15.1393)
Luminance0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C255 #C238A5
analogous
#60C238 #38C255 #38C29A
triadic
#38C255 #5538C2 #C25538
tetradic
#38C255 #3860C2 #C238A5 #C29A38
square
#38C255 #3860C2 #C238A5 #C29A38
split-complementary
#38C255 #9A38C2 #C23860
monochromatic
#1D632B #2A9340 #38C255 #65D27C #94E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#38C255 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02
#38C255 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C255
9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C255#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C2551.002.339.029.02
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0221.001.001.00
##0000009.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B14B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A55E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.190 146.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d688',
    500: '#38c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c255;
$custom-light: #82d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.19038,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C255
secondary
#CB8ABE
accent
#49BFDF
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

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#38C255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva