#38AE59#38AE59

#38AE59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.161 H 149.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE59
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(137, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(137, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -51.27, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 61.61, 146.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.1382 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.161 149)
XYZ	xyz(18.5687, 31.8321, 14.6149)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE59 #AE388D

analogous

#52AE38 #38AE59 #38AE94

triadic

#38AE59 #5938AE #AE5938

tetradic

#38AE59 #3852AE #AE388D #AE9438

square

#38AE59 #3852AE #AE388D #AE9438

split-complementary

#38AE59 #9438AE #AE3852

monochromatic

#1A512A #298041 #38AE59 #59CA79 #88D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#38AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE59

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE59	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.161 149.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc789',
    500: '#38ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae59;
$custom-light: #7dc789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.78,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 149
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE59

secondary

#C37FB0

accent

#4DB3DB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE59

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

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