#38BE5E#38BE5E

#38BE5E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.178 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE5E
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(137, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(137, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -56.37, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 68.03, 145.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.1518 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.178 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0630, 38.4734, 16.8508)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE5E #BE3898

analogous

#55BE38 #38BE5E #38BEA1

triadic

#38BE5E #5E38BE #BE5E38

tetradic

#38BE5E #3855BE #BE3898 #BEA138

square

#38BE5E #3855BE #BE3898 #BEA138

split-complementary

#38BE5E #A138BE #BE3855

monochromatic

#1C5F2F #2A8F47 #38BE5E #62D182 #92DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38BE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE5E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE5E	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.178 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d38d',
    500: '#38be5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be5e;
$custom-light: #80d38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70836,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE5E

secondary

#CA88B7

accent

#4AB4DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE5E

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

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