#38C856#38C856

#38C856 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.197 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C856
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(133, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(133, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -60.99, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 76.18, 143.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.1644 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.197 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9631, 42.8185, 15.8042)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C856 #C838AA

analogous

#62C838 #38C856 #38C89E

triadic

#38C856 #5638C8 #C85638

tetradic

#38C856 #3862C8 #C838AA #C89E38

square

#38C856 #3862C8 #C838AA #C89E38

split-complementary

#38C856 #9E38C8 #C83862

monochromatic

#1D692D #2A9941 #38C856 #68D57F #98E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C856

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C856	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.197 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83da89',
    500: '#38c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c856;
$custom-light: #83da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C856

secondary

#CE8EC1

accent

#48C0E0

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C856

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

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