#38BC59#38BC59

#38BC59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.179 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC59
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(135, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -56.39, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 68.96, 144.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1519 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.179 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4157, 37.5261, 15.5639)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC59 #BC389B

analogous

#59BC38 #38BC59 #38BC9B

triadic

#38BC59 #5938BC #BC5938

tetradic

#38BC59 #3859BC #BC389B #BC9B38

square

#38BC59 #3859BC #BC389B #BC9B38

split-complementary

#38BC59 #9B38BC #BC3859

monochromatic

#1C5E2C #2A8D43 #38BC59 #61D07D #90DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#38BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC59

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC59	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.179 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d18a',
    500: '#38bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc59;
$custom-light: #80d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.17945,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC59

secondary

#C987B8

accent

#4AB9DD

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC59

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

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