#38BE79#38BE79

#38BE79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.153 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE79
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(149, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(149, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -51.66, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 57.27, 154.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1398 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.153 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4933, 39.0455, 24.3838)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE79 #BE387D

analogous

#3ABE38 #38BE79 #38BEBC

triadic

#38BE79 #7938BE #BE7938

tetradic

#38BE79 #383ABE #BE387D #BEBC38

square

#38BE79 #383ABE #BE387D #BEBC38

split-complementary

#38BE79 #BC38BE #BE383A

monochromatic

#1C5F3D #2A8F5B #38BE79 #62D198 #92DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE79

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE79	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.153 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3a0',
    500: '#38be79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be79;
$custom-light: #80d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.104,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71315,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE79

secondary

#CA88AA

accent

#4A96DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE79

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

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