#38BA59#38BA59

#38BA59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.177 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA59
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(135, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -55.68, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 67.92, 145.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.15 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.177 148)
XYZ	xyz(20.9914, 36.6775, 15.4225)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA59 #BA3899

analogous

#58BA38 #38BA59 #38BA9A

triadic

#38BA59 #5938BA #BA5938

tetradic

#38BA59 #3858BA #BA3899 #BA9A38

square

#38BA59 #3858BA #BA3899 #BA9A38

split-complementary

#38BA59 #9A38BA #BA3858

monochromatic

#1C5C2C #2A8B42 #38BA59 #60CF7C #8FDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#38BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA59

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA59	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.177 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d08a',
    500: '#38ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba59;
$custom-light: #80d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.3668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA59

secondary

#C886B7

accent

#4BB8DD

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0B140C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA59

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

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