#38BD5E#38BD5E

#38BD5E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.176 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD5E
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(137, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(137, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -56.01, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 67.51, 146.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1508 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.176 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8472, 38.0417, 16.7789)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD5E #BD3897

analogous

#54BD38 #38BD5E #38BDA0

triadic

#38BD5E #5E38BD #BD5E38

tetradic

#38BD5E #3854BD #BD3897 #BDA038

square

#38BD5E #3854BD #BD3897 #BDA038

split-complementary

#38BD5E #A038BD #BD3854

monochromatic

#1C5F2F #2A8E47 #38BD5E #62D081 #91DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38BD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38BD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD5E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD5E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.176 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d28d',
    500: '#38bd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd5e;
$custom-light: #80d28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD5E

secondary

#C987B7

accent

#4AB4DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD5E

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

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