#38B659#38B659

#38B659 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.172 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B659
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(136, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(136, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -54.23, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 65.84, 145.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1461 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.172 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1605, 35.0157, 15.1455)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B659 #B63895

analogous

#56B638 #38B659 #38B698

triadic

#38B659 #5938B6 #B65938

tetradic

#38B659 #3856B6 #B63895 #B69838

square

#38B659 #3856B6 #B63895 #B69838

split-complementary

#38B659 #9838B6 #B63856

monochromatic

#1B582B #2A8742 #38B659 #5ECD7B #8DDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#38B659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B659

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B659	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.172 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcd8a',
    500: '#38b659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b659;
$custom-light: #7fcd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6866,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B659

secondary

#C684B5

accent

#4BB6DC

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B659

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

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