#38CB38#38CB38

#38CB38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.222 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB38
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -65.12, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 87.81, 137.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1768 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.222 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6992, 43.8355, 10.9527)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB38 #CB38CB

analogous

#81CB38 #38CB38 #38CB81

triadic

#38CB38 #3838CB #CB3838

tetradic

#38CB38 #3881CB #CB38CB #CB8138

square

#38CB38 #3881CB #CB38CB #CB8138

split-complementary

#38CB38 #8138CB #CB3881

monochromatic

#1C6C1C #299D29 #38CB38 #69D869 #99E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#38CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB38

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB38	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.222 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dc77',
    500: '#38cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb38;
$custom-light: #85dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73825,
    "c": 0.22158,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB38

secondary

#D08FD0

accent

#46E2E2

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB38

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

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