#38C159#38C159

#38C159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.186 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C159
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(134, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(134, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -58.16, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 71.52, 144.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1567 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.186 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5023, 39.6994, 15.9261)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C159 #C138A0

analogous

#5BC138 #38C159 #38C19E

triadic

#38C159 #5938C1 #C15938

tetradic

#38C159 #385BC1 #C138A0 #C19E38

square

#38C159 #385BC1 #C138A0 #C19E38

split-complementary

#38C159 #9E38C1 #C1385B

monochromatic

#1C622D #2A9243 #38C159 #64D27F #94E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C159

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C159	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.186 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d58a',
    500: '#38c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c159;
$custom-light: #81d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.453,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71549,
    "c": 0.18576,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C159

secondary

#CB8ABB

accent

#49BADE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C159

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

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