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#3abc39

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Lime Green

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
58, 188, 57
HSL
120°, 54%, 48%
CMYK
69, 0, 70, 26
Luminance
0.3716

#3abc39 is a balanced vivid green, 120° on the wheel and 62/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.43:1). As text it scores 2.49:1 on white — use #298528 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(120 54% 48%)rgb(58 188 57)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #3abc39 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#3abc39
Hue
120°
green
Saturation
54%
vivid
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
58%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3716
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
62/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.43:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
80.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.699
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 5.3
Web-safe
#33CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue120° of 360°
Saturation54%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #3abc39.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool62% 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
Red2%
Green97%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#3abc39
HEX (8-digit)#3abc39ff
RGBrgb(58, 188, 57)
RGBArgba(58, 188, 57, 1)
HSLhsl(120, 54%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 70%, 74%)
HWBhwb(120 22% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 70%, 26%)
LABlab(67.4 -59.8 53.7)
LCHlch(67.4 80.3 138.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.699 0.203 142.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(20.47, 37.16, 9.96)
Decimal3849273
Display P3color(display-p3 0.227 0.737 0.224)
Web-safe#33CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #3abc39;
background-color: #3abc39;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #3abc39;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#3abc39] bg-[#3abc39]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #3abc39;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.227, green: 0.737, blue: 0.224)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.227, green: 0.737, blue: 0.224, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#3ABC39</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF3ABC39)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF3ABC39)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(57, 188, 58)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(58, 188, 57)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(58, 188, 57)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 58, 188, 57)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2275f, 0.7373f, 0.2235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{58,188,57}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #3abc39 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #3abc39 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1E621E, #D3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #3abc39 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: #F4FBF4;
  --brand-100: #E9F6E9;
  --brand-200: #CFEDCE;
  --brand-300: #A9E5A9;
  --brand-400: #7FD87E;
  --brand-500: #54CB53;
  --brand-600: #3abc39;
  --brand-700: #309D2F;
  --brand-800: #277D26;
  --brand-900: #205B1F;
  --brand-950: #143913;
  --brand: #3abc39;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C1ECC0;
  --brand-hover: #32A031;
  --brand-pressed: #298528;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF4',
        100: '#E9F6E9',
        200: '#CFEDCE',
        300: '#A9E5A9',
        400: '#7FD87E',
        500: '#54CB53',
        600: '#3abc39',
        700: '#309D2F',
        800: '#277D26',
        900: '#205B1F',
        950: '#143913',
        DEFAULT: '#3abc39',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF4,
  '100': #E9F6E9,
  '200': #CFEDCE,
  '300': #A9E5A9,
  '400': #7FD87E,
  '500': #54CB53,
  '600': #3abc39,
  '700': #309D2F,
  '800': #277D26,
  '900': #205B1F,
  '950': #143913,
);
$brand-base: #3abc39;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFEDCE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A9E5A9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7FD87E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#54CB53", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3abc39", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#309D2F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#277D26", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#205B1F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#143913", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #3abc39 · 8.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #3abc39 as text scores 2.49:1 on white and 8.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1E621E at 2.99:1.

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
#298528 · 4.69:1
AA on white−14% L
#298528
The quick fox
#1F661F · 7.05:1
AAA on white−22% L
#1F661F
The quick fox
#3abc39 · 8.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#3abc39
The quick fox
#3abc39 · 8.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#3abc39

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #34A833 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
#3abc39 on white: 2.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#3abc39 on black: 8.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #3abc39 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #3abc39.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.49:1AaAa
Slate 502.38:1AaAa
Slate 1002.27:1AaAa
Slate 2002.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.91:1AaAa
Slate 6003.04:1AaAa
Slate 7004.16:1AaAa
Slate 8005.87:1AaAa
Slate 9007.17:1AaAa
Black8.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C0AA25
deuteranopia · #B1A046
tritanopia · #14B7A2

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. #3abc39 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF4
#E9F6E9
#CFEDCE
#A9E5A9
#7FD87E
#54CB53
#3abc39
#309D2F
#277D26
#205B1F
#143913
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF4Darkest = 950 · #143913Text 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 0.051 142.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.081 142.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.122 142.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.159 142.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.187 142.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.203 142.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.203 142.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.191 142.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.171 142.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.142 142.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.112 142.9);
}

Colors that work with #3abc39

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#C1ECC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9C34C1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1E621E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF9EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#32A031
One step down in lightness
Pressed#298528
Two steps down
Disabled#A2C3A2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#38D237
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 #3abc39

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1E621E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #34A833

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 mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight52/100
  • 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#BB39BC
Analogous left#7BBC39
Analogous right#39BC79
Split-complement 1#7939BC
Split-complement 2#BC397B
Triadic 1#393ABC
Triadic 2#BC393A
Tetradic#397BBC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°120°

#3abc39 sits at 120°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red22.7%
Green73.7%
Blue22.4%
R · 0–255
58
0x3a
G · 0–255
188
0xbc
B · 0–255
57
0x39

CMYK percentages

Cyan69.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow69.7%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 165%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#3abc39 text on a black background

contrast 8.43:1

Card sample

#3abc39 text on a white background

contrast 2.49:1

Card sample

#3abc39 on grey

2.27:1

#3abc39 on its own surface

2.35:1

#3abc39 on its dark surface

6.53:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #3abc39;
Background color
Panel with #3abc39 background
background-color: #3abc39;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #3abc39;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(58, 188, 57, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(58, 188, 57, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #3abc39;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3abc39, #39BC8F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3abc39, #39BCB0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #3abc39;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #3abc39;
caret-color: #3abc39;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #3abc39;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF9EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #3abc39;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#3abc39 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #3abc39 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(58, 188, 57, 0.5)
rgb(58 188 57 / 50%)
#3abc3980
hsl(120 54% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #3abc39 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3abc391a#EBF8EB
20%#3abc3933#D8F2D7
40%#3abc3966#B0E4B0
60%#3abc3999#89D788
80%#3abc39cc#61C961

Gradients from #3abc39

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, #63D062, #3abc39 45%, #1E621E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #3abc39, #32A487);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3abc39, #BB39BC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7BD77A 0%, #3abc39 45%, #1E621E 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%, #9ECD5B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4BC893 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1E621E 0%, transparent 65%), #3abc39;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #3abc39

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.

#3abc39 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 8.43:1.

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.

#3abc39, answered

What color is #3abc39?

#3abc39 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 120° on the hue wheel with 54% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #3abc39?

rgb(58, 188, 57) — 58 red, 188 green and 57 blue out of 255, or 22.7% / 73.7% / 22.4% by channel.

What is #3abc39 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(120, 54%, 48%) and hsv(120, 70%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #3abc39 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3716 and perceived brightness is 58%, so black text on it reaches 8.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #3abc39?

Black. It scores 8.43:1 against #3abc39, versus 2.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #3abc39 accessible on a white background?

#3abc39 on white scores 2.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #298528 to reach 4.5:1, or #1F661F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #3abc39?

#BB39BC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7939BC and #BC397B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #3abc39?

For interface work: #F4FAF4 as the surface, #C1ECC0 for borders, #4B9B4B for secondary text, #9C34C1 as an accent and #1E621E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7BBC39 and #39BC79 stays calm, while #BB39BC is the loudest partner.

What is #3abc39 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(69%, 0%, 70%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #3abc39 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 62 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6ABC39; nudged cooler, #36BE67.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #3abc39?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 5.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #3abc39 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #3abc39 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#3abc39] or text-[#3abc39], 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 #3abc39 with 50% opacity?

rgba(58, 188, 57, 0.5), or #3abc3980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9DDE9C; over black, #1D5E1D.

Is #3abc39 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC33, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #3abc39 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 #3abc39?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #63D062, #3abc39 45%, #1E621E). For more colour, a short hue run to #32A487 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #3abc39 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #3abc39 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.