#38DB59#38DB59

#38DB59 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.217 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DB59
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(132, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(132, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -66.95, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 84.33, 142.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.1804 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.217 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7635, 52.2217, 18.0131)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DB59 #DB38BA

analogous

#69DB38 #38DB59 #38DBAB

triadic

#38DB59 #5938DB #DB5938

tetradic

#38DB59 #3869DB #DB38BA #DBAB38

square

#38DB59 #3869DB #DB38BA #DBAB38

split-complementary

#38DB59 #AB38DB #DB3869

monochromatic

#17812D #21B53F #38DB59 #6CE484 #A0EEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#38DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DB59

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DB59	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.217 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e78c',
    500: '#38db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38db59;
$custom-light: #87e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.147,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78306,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DB59

secondary

#882F76

accent

#3CC8EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DB59

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

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