#38CD57#38CD57

#38CD57 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.202 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD57
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(132, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(132, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -62.56, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 78.27, 143.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1686 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.202 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1807, 45.1886, 16.4102)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD57 #CD38AE

analogous

#63CD38 #38CD57 #38CDA1

triadic

#38CD57 #5738CD #CD5738

tetradic

#38CD57 #3863CD #CD38AE #CDA138

square

#38CD57 #3863CD #CD38AE #CDA138

split-complementary

#38CD57 #A138CD #CD3863

monochromatic

#1C6F2D #28A041 #38CD57 #69D980 #9AE6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#38CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD57

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD57	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)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.202 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dd8a',
    500: '#38cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd57;
$custom-light: #84dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.483,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.20215,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD57

secondary

#D18FC4

accent

#45C2E3

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD57

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

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