#38C456#38C456

#38C456 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.192 H 146.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C456
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(133, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -59.62, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 74.18, 143.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1607 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.192 146.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0489, 40.9899, 15.4994)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C456 #C438A6

analogous

#60C438 #38C456 #38C49C

triadic

#38C456 #5638C4 #C45638

tetradic

#38C456 #3860C4 #C438A6 #C49C38

square

#38C456 #3860C4 #C438A6 #C49C38

split-complementary

#38C456 #9C38C4 #C43860

monochromatic

#1D652C #2A9441 #38C456 #66D37D #96E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C456

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C456	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.192 146.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d788',
    500: '#38c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c456;
$custom-light: #82d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72294,
    "c": 0.19202,
    "h": 146.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C456

secondary

#CC8CBE

accent

#49BFDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C456

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

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