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#369d05

a dark, electric green · neutral · closest name: Forest Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Moss

RGB
54, 157, 5
HSL
101°, 94%, 32%
CMYK
66, 0, 97, 38
Luminance
0.2491

#369d05 is a dark electric green, 101° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.98:1). As text it scores 3.51:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Forest Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(101 94% 32%)rgb(54 157 5)Base step 800AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #369d05 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#369d05
Hue
101°
green
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
32%
dark
Brightness
62%
HSV value
Perceived
49%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2491
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
5.98:1
Closest name
Forest Green
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
78.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.612
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 13.4
Web-safe
#339900
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue101° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness32%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #369d05.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red3%
Green97%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#369d05
HEX (8-digit)#369d05ff
RGBrgb(54, 157, 5)
RGBArgba(54, 157, 5, 1)
HSLhsl(101, 94%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(101, 97%, 62%)
HWBhwb(101 2% 38%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 97%, 38%)
LABlab(57.0 -53.0 58.1)
LCHlch(57.0 78.7 132.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.612 0.193 139.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.61, 24.91, 4.23)
Decimal3579141
Display P3color(display-p3 0.212 0.616 0.020)
Web-safe#339900

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #369d05;
background-color: #369d05;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #369d05;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#369d05] bg-[#369d05]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #369d05;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.212, green: 0.616, blue: 0.020)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.212, green: 0.616, blue: 0.020, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#369D05</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF369D05)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF369D05)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(5, 157, 54)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(54, 157, 5)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(54, 157, 5)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 54, 157, 5)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2118f, 0.6157f, 0.0196f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{54,157,5}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #369d05 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #369d05 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2A7C04, #DBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #369d05 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: #F5FDF2;
  --brand-100: #ECFBE4;
  --brand-200: #D4FAC2;
  --brand-300: #B4FC92;
  --brand-400: #8FFA5C;
  --brand-500: #69F826;
  --brand-600: #51ED08;
  --brand-700: #44C606;
  --brand-800: #369d05;
  --brand-900: #2A7208;
  --brand-950: #1A4705;
  --brand: #369d05;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CEEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #2A7B04;
  --brand-pressed: #1E5803;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FDF2',
        100: '#ECFBE4',
        200: '#D4FAC2',
        300: '#B4FC92',
        400: '#8FFA5C',
        500: '#69F826',
        600: '#51ED08',
        700: '#44C606',
        800: '#369d05',
        900: '#2A7208',
        950: '#1A4705',
        DEFAULT: '#369d05',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FDF2,
  '100': #ECFBE4,
  '200': #D4FAC2,
  '300': #B4FC92,
  '400': #8FFA5C,
  '500': #69F826,
  '600': #51ED08,
  '700': #44C606,
  '800': #369d05,
  '900': #2A7208,
  '950': #1A4705,
);
$brand-base: #369d05;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECFBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4FAC2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B4FC92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8FFA5C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#69F826", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#51ED08", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#44C606", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#369d05", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2A7208", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A4705", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #369d05 · 5.98:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.51:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #369d05 as text scores 3.51:1 on white and 5.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2A7C04 at 1.50:1.

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
#2D8404 · 4.76:1
AA on white−5% L
#2D8404
The quick fox
#226203 · 7.46:1
AAA on white−12% L
#226203
The quick fox
#369d05 · 5.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#369d05
The quick fox
#3BAC06 · 7.09:1
AAA on black+3% L
#3BAC06

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #369D05 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
#369d05 on white: 3.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#369d05 on black: 5.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #369d05 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #369d05.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.51:1AaAa
Slate 503.36:1AaAa
Slate 1003.20:1AaAa
Slate 2002.85:1AaAa
Slate 3002.36:1AaAa
Slate 4001.37:1AaAa
Slate 5001.36:1AaAa
Slate 6002.16:1AaAa
Slate 7002.95:1AaAa
Slate 8004.17:1AaAa
Slate 9005.09:1AaAa
Black5.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A28E00
deuteranopia · #968621
tritanopia · #279785

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. #369d05 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FDF2
#ECFBE4
#D4FAC2
#B4FC92
#8FFA5C
#69F826
#51ED08
#44C606
#369d05
#2A7208
#1A4705
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F5FDF2Darkest = 950 · #1A4705Text step on white = 900
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 0.048 139.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.077 139.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.116 139.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.150 139.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.177 139.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.193 139.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.193 139.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.181 139.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.162 139.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.135 139.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.106 139.4);
}

Colors that work with #369d05

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CEEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#649B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4602A0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2A7C04
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEFEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#2A7B04
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1E5803
Two steps down
Disabled#80A36F
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3BB700
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 #369d05

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 #2A7C04
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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight68/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#6C059D
Analogous left#829D05
Analogous right#059D20
Split-complement 1#20059D
Split-complement 2#9D0582
Triadic 1#05369D
Triadic 2#9D0536
Tetradic#05829D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°101°

#369d05 sits at 101°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red21.2%
Green61.6%
Blue2.0%
R · 0–255
54
0x36
G · 0–255
157
0x9d
B · 0–255
5
0x05

CMYK percentages

Cyan65.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow96.8%
Key (black)38.4%

Total ink coverage is 201%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#369d05 text on a black background

contrast 5.98:1

Card sample

#369d05 text on a white background

contrast 3.51:1

Card sample

#369d05 on grey

3.20:1

#369d05 on its own surface

3.33:1

#369d05 on its dark surface

4.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #369d05;
Background color
Panel with #369d05 background
background-color: #369d05;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #369d05;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(54, 157, 5, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(54, 157, 5, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #369d05;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #369d05, #059D3A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #369d05, #059D60);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #369d05;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #369d05;
caret-color: #369d05;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #369d05;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEFEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #369d05;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#369d05 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #369d05 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(54, 157, 5, 0.5)
rgb(54 157 5 / 50%)
#369d0580
hsl(101 94% 32% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #369d05 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#369d051a#EBF5E6
20%#369d0533#D7EBCD
40%#369d0566#AFD89B
60%#369d0599#86C469
80%#369d05cc#5EB137

Gradients from #369d05

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, #4AD807, #369d05 45%, #2A7C04);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #369d05, #048039);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #369d05, #6C059D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #55F608 0%, #369d05 45%, #2A7C04 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BCCF07 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #06BB35 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2A7C04 0%, transparent 65%), #369d05;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #369d05

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.

#369d05 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 5.98:1.

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.

#369d05, answered

What color is #369d05?

#369d05 is a dark electric green, closest to Forest Green (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 101° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 32% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #369d05?

rgb(54, 157, 5) — 54 red, 157 green and 5 blue out of 255, or 21.2% / 61.6% / 2% by channel.

What is #369d05 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(101, 94%, 32%) and hsv(101, 97%, 62%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #369d05 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2491 and perceived brightness is 49%, so black text on it reaches 5.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #369d05?

Black. It scores 5.98:1 against #369d05, versus 3.51:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #369d05 accessible on a white background?

#369d05 on white scores 3.51:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #2D8404 to reach 4.5:1, or #226203 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #369d05?

#6C059D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #20059D and #9D0582, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #369d05?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CEEDC0 for borders, #649B4B for secondary text, #4602A0 as an accent and #2A7C04 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #829D05 and #059D20 stays calm, while #6C059D is the loudest partner.

What is #369d05 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(66%, 0%, 97%, 38%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #369d05 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6E9D05; nudged cooler, #039F0A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #369d05?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 13.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #369d05 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #369d05 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#369d05] or text-[#369d05], 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 #369d05 with 50% opacity?

rgba(54, 157, 5, 0.5), or #369d0580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9BCE82; over black, #1B4F03.

Is #369d05 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339900, ΔE2000 1.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #369d05 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 #369d05?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4AD807, #369d05 45%, #2A7C04). For more colour, a short hue run to #048039 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #369d05 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #369d05 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.