#38C457#38C457

#38C457 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.191 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C457
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(133, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -59.49, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 73.80, 143.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1603 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.191 147)
XYZ	xyz(23.0894, 41.0061, 15.7131)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C457 #C438A5

analogous

#5FC438 #38C457 #38C49D

triadic

#38C457 #5738C4 #C45738

tetradic

#38C457 #385FC4 #C438A5 #C49D38

square

#38C457 #385FC4 #C438A5 #C49D38

split-complementary

#38C457 #9D38C4 #C4385F

monochromatic

#1D652D #2A9442 #38C457 #66D37E #96E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C457

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C457	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)

#C6B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.191 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d789',
    500: '#38c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c457;
$custom-light: #82d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.41009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C457

secondary

#CC8CBE

accent

#49BEDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C457

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

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