#38C259#38C259

#38C259 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.187 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C259
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(134, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(134, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -58.51, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 72.03, 144.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1576 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.187 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7242, 40.1431, 16.0000)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38C259 #C238A1

analogous

#5CC238 #38C259 #38C29E

triadic

#38C259 #5938C2 #C25938

tetradic

#38C259 #385CC2 #C238A1 #C29E38

square

#38C259 #385CC2 #C238A1 #C29E38

split-complementary

#38C259 #9E38C2 #C2385C

monochromatic

#1D632D #2A9343 #38C259 #65D27F #94E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C259

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C259	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.187 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d68a',
    500: '#38c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c259;
$custom-light: #81d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71811,
    "c": 0.18701,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C259

secondary

#CB8ABC

accent

#49BBDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C259

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

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