#38CA51#38CA51

#38CA51 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.203 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA51
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(130, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(130, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -62.29, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 79.01, 142.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.168 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.203 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2349, 43.6732, 14.9355)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA51 #CA38B1

analogous

#68CA38 #38CA51 #38CA9A

triadic

#38CA51 #5138CA #CA5138

tetradic

#38CA51 #3868CA #CA38B1 #CA9A38

square

#38CA51 #3868CA #CA38B1 #CA9A38

split-complementary

#38CA51 #9A38CA #CA3868

monochromatic

#1D6B2A #299B3D #38CA51 #68D77B #99E4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#38CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA51

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA51	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.203 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83db86',
    500: '#38ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca51;
$custom-light: #83db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.20332,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA51

secondary

#CF8EC4

accent

#47C7E1

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA51

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

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