#38D959#38D959

#38D959 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.215 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D959
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(132, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(132, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -66.30, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 83.37, 142.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.1786 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.215 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2449, 51.1845, 17.8403)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D959 #D938B8

analogous

#67D938 #38D959 #38D9A9

triadic

#38D959 #5938D9 #D95938

tetradic

#38D959 #3867D9 #D938B8 #D9A938

square

#38D959 #3867D9 #D938B8 #D9A938

split-complementary

#38D959 #A938D9 #D93867

monochromatic

#187E2D #22B23F #38D959 #6BE384 #9FEDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#38D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D959

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D959	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.215 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e68c',
    500: '#38d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d959;
$custom-light: #86e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.298,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D959

secondary

#863074

accent

#3DC7EB

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D959

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

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