#38D988#38D988

#38D988 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.174 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D988
RGBrgb(56, 217, 136)
HSLhsl(150, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(150, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 37.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.42, -58.94, 28.46)
CIE-LCHlch(77.42, 65.46, 154.23°)
OKLaboklab(78.52% -0.1592 0.0712)
OKLCHoklch(78.52% 0.174 155.9)
XYZxyz(30.8847, 52.2404, 31.7435)
Luminance0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D988 #D93889
analogous
#38D938 #38D988 #38D9D8
triadic
#38D988 #8838D9 #D98838
tetradic
#38D988 #3838D9 #D93889 #D9D838
square
#38D988 #3838D9 #D93889 #D9D838
split-complementary
#38D988 #D838D9 #D93838
monochromatic
#187E4B #22B269 #38D988 #6BE3A7 #9FEDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#38D988 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45
#38D988 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D988
11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D988#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D9881.001.8311.4511.45
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4521.001.001.00
##00000011.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C883
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5BA8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.174 155.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6ab',
    500: '#38d988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d988;
$custom-light: #85e6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.814,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D988
secondary
#86305B
accent
#3D94EB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF7
border
#CED5D0
text
#0D1610
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D988

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#38D988 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva