#38B559#38B559

#38B559 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.170 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B559
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(136, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(136, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -53.86, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 65.32, 145.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.1451 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.17 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9564, 34.6076, 15.0775)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B559 #B53894

analogous

#56B538 #38B559 #38B598

triadic

#38B559 #5938B5 #B55938

tetradic

#38B559 #3856B5 #B53894 #B59838

square

#38B559 #3856B5 #B53894 #B59838

split-complementary

#38B559 #9838B5 #B53856

monochromatic

#1B582B #2A8642 #38B559 #5DCD7B #8CDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#38B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B559

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B559	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.170 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcc8a',
    500: '#38b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b559;
$custom-light: #7fcc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B559

secondary

#C683B4

accent

#4CB6DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B559

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

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