#38C357#38C357

#38C357 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.190 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C357
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(133, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(133, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -59.14, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 73.30, 143.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1593 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.19 147)
XYZ	xyz(22.8646, 40.5565, 15.6382)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C357 #C338A4

analogous

#5FC338 #38C357 #38C39D

triadic

#38C357 #5738C3 #C35738

tetradic

#38C357 #385FC3 #C338A4 #C39D38

square

#38C357 #385FC3 #C338A4 #C39D38

split-complementary

#38C357 #9D38C3 #C3385F

monochromatic

#1D642D #2A9342 #38C357 #65D37E #95E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C357

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C357	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.190 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d689',
    500: '#38c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c357;
$custom-light: #82d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.381,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.18995,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C357

secondary

#CC8BBD

accent

#49BDDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C357

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

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