#38C556#38C556

#38C556 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.193 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C556
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(133, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -59.96, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 74.68, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1616 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.193 146.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2752, 41.4425, 15.5749)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38C556 #C538A7

analogous

#61C538 #38C556 #38C59D

triadic

#38C556 #5638C5 #C55638

tetradic

#38C556 #3861C5 #C538A7 #C59D38

square

#38C556 #3861C5 #C538A7 #C59D38

split-complementary

#38C556 #9D38C5 #C53861

monochromatic

#1D662C #2A9541 #38C556 #67D47E #96E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C556

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C556	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.193 146.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d888',
    500: '#38c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c556;
$custom-light: #82d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.766,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72555,
    "c": 0.19324,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C556

secondary

#CD8CBF

accent

#49BFDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C556

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

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