#38B759#38B759

#38B759 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.173 H 148.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B759
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(136, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(136, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 51.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -54.59, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 66.36, 145.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.1471 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.173 148.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3660, 35.4268, 15.2140)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B759 #B73896

analogous

#56B738 #38B759 #38B799

triadic

#38B759 #5938B7 #B75938

tetradic

#38B759 #3856B7 #B73896 #B79938

square

#38B759 #3856B7 #B73896 #B79938

split-complementary

#38B759 #9938B7 #B73856

monochromatic

#1B592B #2A8842 #38B759 #5ECE7B #8DDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B759

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B759	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.173 148.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce8a',
    500: '#38b759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b759;
$custom-light: #7fce8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.591,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 148.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B759

secondary

#C784B5

accent

#4BB7DD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF9F0

border

#CAD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B759

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

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