#38CA59#38CA59

#38CA59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.197 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA59
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(134, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(134, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -61.28, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 76.04, 143.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.1651 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.197 147)
XYZ	xyz(24.5528, 43.8003, 16.6096)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA59 #CA38A9

analogous

#60CA38 #38CA59 #38CAA2

triadic

#38CA59 #5938CA #CA5938

tetradic

#38CA59 #3860CA #CA38A9 #CAA238

square

#38CA59 #3860CA #CA38A9 #CAA238

split-complementary

#38CA59 #A238CA #CA3860

monochromatic

#1D6B2E #299B43 #38CA59 #68D781 #99E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#38CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA59

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA59	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.197 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83db8b',
    500: '#38ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca59;
$custom-light: #83db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.562,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.19688,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA59

secondary

#CF8EC1

accent

#47BEE1

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA59

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

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