#38C85E#38C85E
#38C85E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.190 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #38C85E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(56, 200, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(136, 57%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(136, 72%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(72%, 0%, 53%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.52, -59.90, 41.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.52, 73.14, 144.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.45% -0.1612 0.1009) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.45% 0.19 148) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.3037, 42.9547, 17.5977) |
| Luminance | 0.4296 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | green |
Closest named colors
Shamrock Green
#02C14D
ΔE00 2.75
Algae Green
#21C36F
ΔE00 4.00
Emerald
#50C878
ΔE00 4.11
Dark Mint
#48C072
ΔE00 4.50
Seaweed
#18D17B
ΔE00 4.79
Cool Green
#33B864
ΔE00 5.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#38C85E #C838A2
analogous
#5AC838 #38C85E #38C8A6
triadic
#38C85E #5E38C8 #C85E38
tetradic
#38C85E #385AC8 #C838A2 #C8A638
square
#38C85E #385AC8 #C838A2 #C8A638
split-complementary
#38C85E #A638C8 #C8385A
monochromatic
#1D6931 #2A9947 #38C85E #68D585 #98E3AC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#38C85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.59
#38C85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #38C85E
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##38C85E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##38C85E | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.59 | 9.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB655
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9AB66
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #38c85e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.190 148.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#83da8e',
500: '#38c85e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #38c85e; $custom-light: #83da8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#38c85e",
"rgb": {
"r": 56,
"g": 200,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 135.833,
"s": 56.693,
"l": 50.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73446,
"c": 0.19021,
"h": 148
},
"luminance": 0.42957
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#38C85E
secondary
#CE8EBD
accent
#48B8E0
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FBF0
border
#CBD4CB
text
#0C150C
muted
#7D837D