#38CD3B#38CD3B

#38CD3B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.222 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD3B
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(121, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(121, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -65.51, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 87.82, 138.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1777 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.222 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2501, 44.8164, 11.5092)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD3B #CD38CA

analogous

#7FCD38 #38CD3B #38CD85

triadic

#38CD3B #3B38CD #CD3B38

tetradic

#38CD3B #387FCD #CD38CA #CD8538

square

#38CD3B #387FCD #CD38CA #CD8538

split-complementary

#38CD3B #8538CD #CD387F

monochromatic

#1C6F1E #28A02B #38CD3B #69D96B #9AE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD3B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD3B	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)

#D1BA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.222 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85de79',
    500: '#38cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd3b;
$custom-light: #85de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.22201,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD3B

secondary

#D18FD0

accent

#45E0E3

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD3B

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

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