#38BE59#38BE59

#38BE59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.182 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE59
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(135, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -57.10, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 69.99, 144.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.1538 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.182 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8459, 38.3865, 15.7073)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE59 #BE389D

analogous

#5ABE38 #38BE59 #38BE9C

triadic

#38BE59 #5938BE #BE5938

tetradic

#38BE59 #385ABE #BE389D #BE9C38

square

#38BE59 #385ABE #BE389D #BE9C38

split-complementary

#38BE59 #9C38BE #BE385A

monochromatic

#1C5F2D #2A8F43 #38BE59 #62D17E #92DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#38BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE59

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE59	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.182 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d38a',
    500: '#38be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be59;
$custom-light: #81d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.18198,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE59

secondary

#CA88BA

accent

#4AB9DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE59

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

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