#38C857#38C857

#38C857 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.196 H 146.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C857
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(133, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(133, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -60.86, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 75.80, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.164 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.196 146.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0037, 42.8347, 16.0179)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C857 #C838A9

analogous

#61C838 #38C857 #38C89F

triadic

#38C857 #5738C8 #C85738

tetradic

#38C857 #3861C8 #C838A9 #C89F38

square

#38C857 #3861C8 #C838A9 #C89F38

split-complementary

#38C857 #9F38C8 #C83861

monochromatic

#1D692D #2A9942 #38C857 #68D57F #98E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#38C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C857

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C857	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.196 146.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83da89',
    500: '#38c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c857;
$custom-light: #83da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.19609,
    "h": 146.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C857

secondary

#CE8EC0

accent

#48BFE0

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C857

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

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