#38CD56#38CD56

#38CD56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.203 H 146.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD56
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(132, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(132, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -62.69, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 78.64, 142.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.1689 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.203 146.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1401, 45.1724, 16.1965)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD56 #CD38AF

analogous

#64CD38 #38CD56 #38CDA1

triadic

#38CD56 #5638CD #CD5638

tetradic

#38CD56 #3864CD #CD38AF #CDA138

square

#38CD56 #3864CD #CD38AF #CDA138

split-complementary

#38CD56 #A138CD #CD3864

monochromatic

#1C6F2D #28A040 #38CD56 #69D980 #9AE6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#38CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD56

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD56	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.203 146.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dd89',
    500: '#38cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd56;
$custom-light: #84dd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.081,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74643,
    "c": 0.20295,
    "h": 146.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD56

secondary

#D18FC4

accent

#45C3E3

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD56

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

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