#38BF59#38BF59

#38BF59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.183 H 147.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF59
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(135, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -57.46, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 70.50, 144.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.1548 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.183 147.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0632, 38.8212, 15.7797)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF59 #BF389E

analogous

#5ABF38 #38BF59 #38BF9C

triadic

#38BF59 #5938BF #BF5938

tetradic

#38BF59 #385ABF #BF389E #BF9C38

square

#38BF59 #385ABF #BF389E #BF9C38

split-complementary

#38BF59 #9C38BF #BF385A

monochromatic

#1C602D #2A9043 #38BF59 #63D17E #92DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF59

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF59	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.183 147.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d38a',
    500: '#38bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf59;
$custom-light: #81d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.18325,
    "h": 147.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF59

secondary

#CA89BA

accent

#4ABADE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF59

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

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