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#34994e

a dark, vivid green · cool · closest name: Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Forest Moss

RGB
52, 153, 78
HSL
135°, 49%, 40%
CMYK
66, 0, 49, 40
Luminance
0.2406

#34994e is a dark vivid green, 135° on the wheel and 69/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.81:1). As text it scores 3.61:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(135 49% 40%)rgb(52 153 78)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #34994e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#34994e
Hue
135°
green
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
60%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2406
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
69/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.81:1
Closest name
Sea Green
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
55.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.607
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 11.5
Web-safe
#339966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue135° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #34994e.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool69% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red3%
Green95%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#34994e
HEX (8-digit)#34994eff
RGBrgb(52, 153, 78)
RGBArgba(52, 153, 78, 1)
HSLhsl(135, 49%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135, 66%, 60%)
HWBhwb(135 20% 40%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 49%, 40%)
LABlab(56.1 -45.8 31.0)
LCHlch(56.1 55.3 145.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.607 0.145 148.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.18, 24.06, 11.10)
Decimal3447118
Display P3color(display-p3 0.204 0.600 0.306)
Web-safe#339966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #34994e;
background-color: #34994e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #34994e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#34994e] bg-[#34994e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #34994e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.204, green: 0.600, blue: 0.306)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.204, green: 0.600, blue: 0.306, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#34994E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF34994E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF34994E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(78, 153, 52)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(52, 153, 78)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(52, 153, 78)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 52, 153, 78)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2039f, 0.6000f, 0.3059f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{52,153,78}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #34994e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #34994e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#205F30, #D3EEDA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #34994e h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-100: #EAF6ED;
  --brand-200: #CFECD7;
  --brand-300: #ABE3B9;
  --brand-400: #81D497;
  --brand-500: #57C674;
  --brand-600: #3EB75D;
  --brand-700: #34994e;
  --brand-800: #297A3E;
  --brand-900: #215930;
  --brand-950: #15381E;
  --brand: #34994e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C2EACC;
  --brand-hover: #2B7E40;
  --brand-pressed: #226433;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142418;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAF6',
        100: '#EAF6ED',
        200: '#CFECD7',
        300: '#ABE3B9',
        400: '#81D497',
        500: '#57C674',
        600: '#3EB75D',
        700: '#34994e',
        800: '#297A3E',
        900: '#215930',
        950: '#15381E',
        DEFAULT: '#34994e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAF6,
  '100': #EAF6ED,
  '200': #CFECD7,
  '300': #ABE3B9,
  '400': #81D497,
  '500': #57C674,
  '600': #3EB75D,
  '700': #34994e,
  '800': #297A3E,
  '900': #215930,
  '950': #15381E,
);
$brand-base: #34994e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF6ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFECD7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABE3B9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#81D497", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#57C674", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3EB75D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#34994e", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#297A3E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#215930", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#15381E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #34994e · 5.81:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.61:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #34994e as text scores 3.61:1 on white and 5.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #205F30 at 2.12:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#2E8644 · 4.56:1
AA on white−5% L
#2E8644
The quick fox
#226433 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−14% L
#226433
The quick fox
#34994e · 5.81:1
AA on blackalready passes
#34994e
The quick fox
#3AAC58 · 7.22:1
AAA on black+5% L
#3AAC58

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #34994E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#34994e on white: 3.61:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#34994e on black: 5.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #34994e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #34994e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.61:1AaAa
Slate 503.45:1AaAa
Slate 1003.30:1AaAa
Slate 2002.93:1AaAa
Slate 3002.43:1AaAa
Slate 4001.41:1AaAa
Slate 5001.32:1AaAa
Slate 6002.10:1AaAa
Slate 7002.87:1AaAa
Slate 8004.05:1AaAa
Slate 9004.94:1AaAa
Black5.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9A8C48
deuteranopia · #8E8353
tritanopia · #109687

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #34994e is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FAF6
#EAF6ED
#CFECD7
#ABE3B9
#81D497
#57C674
#3EB75D
#34994e
#297A3E
#215930
#15381E
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F4FAF6Darkest = 950 · #15381EText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 148.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 148.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.087 148.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.113 148.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.133 148.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.145 148.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.145 148.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.136 148.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.122 148.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.101 148.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.080 148.6);
}

Colors that work with #34994e

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C2EACC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B5F
Captions on the surface
Accent#9D309C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#205F30
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF9EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142418
Dark-mode background
Hover#2B7E40
One step down in lightness
Pressed#226433
Two steps down
Disabled#89B494
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#2EB450
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #34994e

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #205F30
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight60/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#99347F
Analogous left#4D9934
Analogous right#349980
Split-complement 1#803499
Split-complement 2#99344D
Triadic 1#4E3499
Triadic 2#994E34
Tetradic#344D99
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°135°

#34994e sits at 135°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red20.4%
Green60.0%
Blue30.6%
R · 0–255
52
0x34
G · 0–255
153
0x99
B · 0–255
78
0x4e

CMYK percentages

Cyan66.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow49.0%
Key (black)40.0%

Total ink coverage is 155%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#34994e text on a black background

contrast 5.81:1

Card sample

#34994e text on a white background

contrast 3.61:1

Card sample

#34994e on grey

3.30:1

#34994e on its own surface

3.42:1

#34994e on its dark surface

4.49:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #34994e;
Background color
Panel with #34994e background
background-color: #34994e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #34994e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(52, 153, 78, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(52, 153, 78, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #34994e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #34994e, #349991);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #34994e, #348899);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #34994e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #34994e;
caret-color: #34994e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #34994e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF9EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #34994e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#34994e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #34994e over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(52, 153, 78, 0.5)
rgb(52 153 78 / 50%)
#34994e80
hsl(135 49% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #34994e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#34994e1a#EBF5ED
20%#34994e33#D6EBDC
40%#34994e66#AED6B8
60%#34994e99#85C295
80%#34994ecc#5DAD71

Gradients from #34994e

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49C168, #34994e 45%, #205F30);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #34994e, #2C8282);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #34994e, #99347F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #60C97B 0%, #34994e 45%, #205F30 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6ABF41 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3CB09D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #205F30 0%, transparent 65%), #34994e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #34994e

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#34994e in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.81:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#34994e, answered

What color is #34994e?

#34994e is a dark vivid green, closest to Sea Green (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 135° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #34994e?

rgb(52, 153, 78) — 52 red, 153 green and 78 blue out of 255, or 20.4% / 60% / 30.6% by channel.

What is #34994e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(135, 49%, 40%) and hsv(135, 66%, 60%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #34994e a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2406 and perceived brightness is 48%, so black text on it reaches 5.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #34994e?

Black. It scores 5.81:1 against #34994e, versus 3.61:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #34994e accessible on a white background?

#34994e on white scores 3.61:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #2E8644 to reach 4.5:1, or #226433 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #34994e?

#99347F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #803499 and #99344D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #34994e?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C2EACC for borders, #4B9B5F for secondary text, #9D309C as an accent and #205F30 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4D9934 and #349980 stays calm, while #99347F is the loudest partner.

What is #34994e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(66%, 0%, 49%, 40%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #34994e warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 69 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3F9934; nudged cooler, #329B73.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #34994e?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 11.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #34994e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #34994e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#34994e] or text-[#34994e], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #34994e with 50% opacity?

rgba(52, 153, 78, 0.5), or #34994e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9ACCA7; over black, #1A4D27.

Is #34994e a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339966, ΔE2000 5.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #34994e mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #34994e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #49C168, #34994e 45%, #205F30). For more colour, a short hue run to #2C8282 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #34994e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #34994e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.