#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
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(133, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(133, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -59.06, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 73.56, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1592 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.19 146.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5607, 40.0777, 15.1393)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38C255	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C255

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

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