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#379638

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

Token name suggestion: Dusk Jade

RGB
55, 150, 56
HSL
121°, 46%, 40%
CMYK
63, 0, 63, 41
Luminance
0.2291

#379638 is a dark vivid green, 121° on the wheel and 63/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.58:1). As text it scores 3.76:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Forest Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(121 46% 40%)rgb(55 150 56)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #379638 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#379638
Hue
121°
green
Saturation
46%
vivid
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
47%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2291
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
63/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.58:1
Closest name
Forest Green
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
62.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.596
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 13.8
Web-safe
#339933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue121° of 360°
Saturation46%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #379638.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool63% 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
Red4%
Green95%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#379638
HEX (8-digit)#379638ff
RGBrgb(55, 150, 56)
RGBArgba(55, 150, 56, 1)
HSLhsl(121, 46%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121, 63%, 59%)
HWBhwb(121 22% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 0%, 63%, 41%)
LABlab(55.0 -47.0 40.5)
LCHlch(55.0 62.1 139.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.596 0.159 143.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.19, 22.91, 7.47)
Decimal3642936
Display P3color(display-p3 0.216 0.588 0.220)
Web-safe#339933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #379638;
background-color: #379638;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #379638;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#379638] bg-[#379638]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #379638;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.216, green: 0.588, blue: 0.220)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.216, green: 0.588, blue: 0.220, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#379638</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF379638)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF379638)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(56, 150, 55)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(55, 150, 56)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(55, 150, 56)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 55, 150, 56)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2157f, 0.5882f, 0.2196f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{55,150,56}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #379638 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #379638 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#225D23, #D3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #379638 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: #F5FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EAF5EA;
  --brand-200: #D0EBD1;
  --brand-300: #ADE1AD;
  --brand-400: #84D285;
  --brand-500: #5BC35C;
  --brand-600: #42B343;
  --brand-700: #379638;
  --brand-800: #2C772D;
  --brand-900: #235724;
  --brand-950: #163716;
  --brand: #379638;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C3E9C4;
  --brand-hover: #2D7C2E;
  --brand-pressed: #246224;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF5',
        100: '#EAF5EA',
        200: '#D0EBD1',
        300: '#ADE1AD',
        400: '#84D285',
        500: '#5BC35C',
        600: '#42B343',
        700: '#379638',
        800: '#2C772D',
        900: '#235724',
        950: '#163716',
        DEFAULT: '#379638',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF5,
  '100': #EAF5EA,
  '200': #D0EBD1,
  '300': #ADE1AD,
  '400': #84D285,
  '500': #5BC35C,
  '600': #42B343,
  '700': #379638,
  '800': #2C772D,
  '900': #235724,
  '950': #163716,
);
$brand-base: #379638;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ADE1AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#84D285", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5BC35C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#42B343", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#379638", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2C772D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#235724", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#163716", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #379638 · 5.58:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.76:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #379638 as text scores 3.76:1 on white and 5.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #225D23 at 2.10:1.

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
#328732 · 4.52:1
AA on white−4% L
#328732
The quick fox
#256526 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−13% L
#256526
The quick fox
#379638 · 5.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#379638
The quick fox
#3FAC40 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+6% L
#3FAC40

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #379638 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
#379638 on white: 3.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#379638 on black: 5.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #379638 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #379638.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.76:1AaAa
Slate 503.60:1AaAa
Slate 1003.43:1AaAa
Slate 2003.05:1AaAa
Slate 3002.53:1AaAa
Slate 4001.47:1AaAa
Slate 5001.26:1AaAa
Slate 6002.01:1AaAa
Slate 7002.75:1AaAa
Slate 8003.89:1AaAa
Slate 9004.75:1AaAa
Black5.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #99882E
deuteranopia · #8D8040
tritanopia · #249282

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. #379638 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.

#F5FAF5
#EAF5EA
#D0EBD1
#ADE1AD
#84D285
#5BC35C
#42B343
#379638
#2C772D
#235724
#163716
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF5Darkest = 950 · #163716Text 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 0.040 143.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 143.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.095 143.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 143.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.146 143.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 143.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 143.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.150 143.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.134 143.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.111 143.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.088 143.4);
}

Colors that work with #379638

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#F4FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C3E9C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#81339A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#225D23
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#2D7C2E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#246224
Two steps down
Disabled#89B48A
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#31B033
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #379638

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 #225D23
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
  • 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#963795
Analogous left#669637
Analogous right#379667
Split-complement 1#673796
Split-complement 2#963766
Triadic 1#383796
Triadic 2#963837
Tetradic#376696
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°121°

#379638 sits at 121°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red21.6%
Green58.8%
Blue22.0%
R · 0–255
55
0x37
G · 0–255
150
0x96
B · 0–255
56
0x38

CMYK percentages

Cyan63.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow62.7%
Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 167%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#379638 text on a black background

contrast 5.58:1

Card sample

#379638 text on a white background

contrast 3.76:1

Card sample

#379638 on grey

3.43:1

#379638 on its own surface

3.55:1

#379638 on its dark surface

4.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #379638;
Background color
Panel with #379638 background
background-color: #379638;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #379638;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(55, 150, 56, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(55, 150, 56, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #379638;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #379638, #379677);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #379638, #37968F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #379638;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #379638;
caret-color: #379638;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #379638;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #379638;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#379638 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #379638 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(55, 150, 56, 0.5)
rgb(55 150 56 / 50%)
#37963880
hsl(121 46% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #379638 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3796381a#EBF5EB
20%#37963833#D7EAD7
40%#37963866#AFD5AF
60%#37963899#87C088
80%#379638cc#5FAB60

Gradients from #379638

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, #4DBE4E, #379638 45%, #225D23);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #379638, #2F806C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #379638, #963795);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #63C664 0%, #379638 45%, #225D23 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #89BB45 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3FAC80 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #225D23 0%, transparent 65%), #379638;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #379638

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.

#379638 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 5.58:1.

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.

#379638, answered

What color is #379638?

#379638 is a dark vivid green, closest to Forest Green (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 121° on the hue wheel with 46% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #379638?

rgb(55, 150, 56) — 55 red, 150 green and 56 blue out of 255, or 21.6% / 58.8% / 22% by channel.

What is #379638 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(121, 46%, 40%) and hsv(121, 63%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #379638 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2291 and perceived brightness is 47%, so black text on it reaches 5.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #379638?

Black. It scores 5.58:1 against #379638, versus 3.76:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #379638 accessible on a white background?

#379638 on white scores 3.76:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #328732 to reach 4.5:1, or #256526 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #379638?

#963795 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #673796 and #963766, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #379638?

For interface work: #F4FAF4 as the surface, #C3E9C4 for borders, #4B9B4B for secondary text, #81339A as an accent and #225D23 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #669637 and #379667 stays calm, while #963795 is the loudest partner.

What is #379638 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(63%, 0%, 63%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #379638 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 63 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #599637; nudged cooler, #35985A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #379638?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 13.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #379638 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #379638 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#379638] or text-[#379638], 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 #379638 with 50% opacity?

rgba(55, 150, 56, 0.5), or #37963880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9BCB9C; over black, #1C4B1C.

Is #379638 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339933, ΔE2000 1.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #379638 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 #379638?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4DBE4E, #379638 45%, #225D23). For more colour, a short hue run to #2F806C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #379638 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #379638 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.