#38CD38#38CD38

#38CD38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.224 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD38
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -65.75, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 88.72, 137.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1785 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.224 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1745, 44.7862, 11.1112)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD38 #CD38CD

analogous

#82CD38 #38CD38 #38CD82

triadic

#38CD38 #3838CD #CD3838

tetradic

#38CD38 #3882CD #CD38CD #CD8238

square

#38CD38 #3882CD #CD38CD #CD8238

split-complementary

#38CD38 #8238CD #CD3882

monochromatic

#1C6F1C #28A028 #38CD38 #69D969 #9AE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD38

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD38	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.224 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85de78',
    500: '#38cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd38;
$custom-light: #85de78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.22377,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD38

secondary

#D18FD1

accent

#45E3E3

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD38

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

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