#38CD44#38CD44

#38CD44 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.216 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD44
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(125, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(125, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -64.70, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 84.96, 139.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.1751 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.216 144)
XYZ	xyz(24.5040, 44.9180, 12.8464)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD44 #CD38C1

analogous

#76CD38 #38CD44 #38CD8E

triadic

#38CD44 #4438CD #CD4438

tetradic

#38CD44 #3876CD #CD38C1 #CD8E38

square

#38CD44 #3876CD #CD38C1 #CD8E38

split-complementary

#38CD44 #8E38CD #CD3876

monochromatic

#1C6F23 #28A032 #38CD44 #69D972 #9AE6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD44

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD44	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.216 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85de7e',
    500: '#38cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd44;
$custom-light: #85de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.832,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.21628,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.44921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD44

secondary

#D18FCC

accent

#45D6E3

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD44

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

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