#38AA59#38AA59

#38AA59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.156 H 149.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA59
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(137, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -49.76, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 59.45, 146.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.1341 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.156 149.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8074, 30.3096, 14.3611)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA59 #AA3889

analogous

#50AA38 #38AA59 #38AA92

triadic

#38AA59 #5938AA #AA5938

tetradic

#38AA59 #3850AA #AA3889 #AA9238

square

#38AA59 #3850AA #AA3889 #AA9238

split-complementary

#38AA59 #9238AA #AA3850

monochromatic

#1A4E29 #297C41 #38AA59 #57C878 #85D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38AA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#38AA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA59

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA59	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D925F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.156 149.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc489',
    500: '#38aa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa59;
$custom-light: #7cc489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 149.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA59

secondary

#C17DAD

accent

#4EB1DA

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA59

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

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