#38D985#38D985

#38D985 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.177 H 155.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D985
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(149, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(149, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 38.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -59.51, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 66.61, 153.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.1605 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.177 155)
XYZ	xyz(30.6745, 52.1563, 30.6363)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D985 #D9388C

analogous

#3BD938 #38D985 #38D9D6

triadic

#38D985 #8538D9 #D98538

tetradic

#38D985 #383BD9 #D9388C #D9D638

square

#38D985 #383BD9 #D9388C #D9D638

split-complementary

#38D985 #D638D9 #D9383B

monochromatic

#187E49 #22B267 #38D985 #6BE3A5 #9FEDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#38D985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D985

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D985	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.177 155.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6a9',
    500: '#38d985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d985;
$custom-light: #85e6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.696,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78463,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 155
  },
  "luminance": 0.5216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D985

secondary

#86305C

accent

#3D98EB

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF6

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8480

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D985

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

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