#38CA57#38CA57

#38CA57 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.199 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA57
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(133, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(133, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -61.54, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 76.79, 143.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1658 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.199 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4699, 43.7672, 16.1733)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA57 #CA38AB

analogous

#62CA38 #38CA57 #38CAA0

triadic

#38CA57 #5738CA #CA5738

tetradic

#38CA57 #3862CA #CA38AB #CAA038

square

#38CA57 #3862CA #CA38AB #CAA038

split-complementary

#38CA57 #A038CA #CA3862

monochromatic

#1D6B2D #299B42 #38CA57 #68D780 #99E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#38CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA57

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA57	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.199 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83db89',
    500: '#38ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca57;
$custom-light: #83db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.74,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.19852,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA57

secondary

#CF8EC2

accent

#47C0E1

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA57

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

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