#38CD51#38CD51

#38CD51 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.207 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD51
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(130, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(130, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -63.30, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 80.46, 141.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1708 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.207 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9457, 45.0946, 15.1724)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD51 #CD38B4

analogous

#69CD38 #38CD51 #38CD9B

triadic

#38CD51 #5138CD #CD5138

tetradic

#38CD51 #3869CD #CD38B4 #CD9B38

square

#38CD51 #3869CD #CD38B4 #CD9B38

split-complementary

#38CD51 #9B38CD #CD3869

monochromatic

#1C6F2A #28A03C #38CD51 #69D97C #9AE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD51

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD51	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.207 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dd86',
    500: '#38cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd51;
$custom-light: #84dd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.067,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.20687,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD51

secondary

#D18FC6

accent

#45C8E3

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD51

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

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