#38BD59#38BD59

#38BD59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.181 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD59
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(135, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -56.75, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 69.47, 144.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1529 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.181 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6300, 37.9548, 15.6353)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD59 #BD389C

analogous

#59BD38 #38BD59 #38BD9B

triadic

#38BD59 #5938BD #BD5938

tetradic

#38BD59 #3859BD #BD389C #BD9B38

square

#38BD59 #3859BD #BD389C #BD9B38

split-complementary

#38BD59 #9B38BD #BD3859

monochromatic

#1C5F2D #2A8E43 #38BD59 #62D07D #91DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD59

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD59	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.181 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d28a',
    500: '#38bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd59;
$custom-light: #80d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.887,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.705,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD59

secondary

#C987B9

accent

#4AB9DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD59

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

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