#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
RGBrgb(56, 202, 81)
HSLhsl(130, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(130, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.01, -62.29, 48.60)
CIE-LCHlch(72.01, 79.01, 142.04°)
OKLaboklab(73.8% -0.168 0.1144)
OKLCHoklch(73.8% 0.203 145.7)
XYZxyz(24.2349, 43.6732, 14.9355)
Luminance0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##38CA511.002.169.749.74
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7421.001.001.00
##0000009.7421.001.001.00

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

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#38CA51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva