#38C759#38C759

#38C759 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.193 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C759
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(134, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(134, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -60.25, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 74.55, 143.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1623 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.193 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8557, 42.4062, 16.3772)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C759 #C738A6

analogous

#5FC738 #38C759 #38C7A0

triadic

#38C759 #5938C7 #C75938

tetradic

#38C759 #385FC7 #C738A6 #C7A038

square

#38C759 #385FC7 #C738A6 #C7A038

split-complementary

#38C759 #A038C7 #C7385F

monochromatic

#1D672E #2B9744 #38C759 #68D481 #98E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#38C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C759

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C759	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.193 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d98b',
    500: '#38c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c759;
$custom-light: #82d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.846,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.1932,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C759

secondary

#CD8DBF

accent

#48BDDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C759

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

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