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#3cf686

a balanced, electric green · cool · closest name: Spring Green

Token name suggestion: Signal Jade

RGB
60, 246, 134
HSL
144°, 91%, 60%
CMYK
76, 0, 46, 4
Luminance
0.6859

#3cf686 is a balanced electric green, 144° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.72:1). As text it scores 1.43:1 on white — use #06893A instead. Nearest name is Spring Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(144 91% 60%)rgb(60 246 134)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #3cf686 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#3cf686
Hue
144°
green
Saturation
91%
electric
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6859
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.72:1
Closest name
Spring Green
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
80.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.859
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 11.5
Web-safe
#33FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue144° of 360°
Saturation91%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #3cf686.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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
Red1%
Green96%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#3cf686
HEX (8-digit)#3cf686ff
RGBrgb(60, 246, 134)
RGBArgba(60, 246, 134, 1)
HSLhsl(144, 91%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 76%, 96%)
HWBhwb(144 24% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(76%, 0%, 46%, 4%)
LABlab(86.3 -69.0 41.1)
LCHlch(86.3 80.3 149.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.859 0.211 151.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.12, 68.59, 33.73)
Decimal3995270
Display P3color(display-p3 0.235 0.965 0.525)
Web-safe#33FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #3cf686;
background-color: #3cf686;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #3cf686;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#3cf686] bg-[#3cf686]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #3cf686;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.235, green: 0.965, blue: 0.525)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.235, green: 0.965, blue: 0.525, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#3CF686</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF3CF686)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF3CF686)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(134, 246, 60)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(60, 246, 134)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(60, 246, 134)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 60, 246, 134)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2353f, 0.9647f, 0.5255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{60,246,134}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #3cf686 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #3cf686 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#067A34, #D3EEDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #3cf686 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: #F2FDF6;
  --brand-100: #E5FBED;
  --brand-200: #C3F9D8;
  --brand-300: #94FABC;
  --brand-400: #5EF89B;
  --brand-500: #3cf686;
  --brand-600: #0BEA64;
  --brand-700: #09C353;
  --brand-800: #079C42;
  --brand-900: #0A7133;
  --brand-950: #064620;
  --brand: #3cf686;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD2;
  --brand-hover: #1AF471;
  --brand-pressed: #0AE060;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2FDF6',
        100: '#E5FBED',
        200: '#C3F9D8',
        300: '#94FABC',
        400: '#5EF89B',
        500: '#3cf686',
        600: '#0BEA64',
        700: '#09C353',
        800: '#079C42',
        900: '#0A7133',
        950: '#064620',
        DEFAULT: '#3cf686',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2FDF6,
  '100': #E5FBED,
  '200': #C3F9D8,
  '300': #94FABC,
  '400': #5EF89B,
  '500': #3cf686,
  '600': #0BEA64,
  '700': #09C353,
  '800': #079C42,
  '900': #0A7133,
  '950': #064620,
);
$brand-base: #3cf686;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2FDF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5FBED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C3F9D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#94FABC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5EF89B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3cf686", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0BEA64", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#09C353", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#079C42", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0A7133", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#064620", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #3cf686 · 14.72:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.72:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #3cf686 as text scores 1.43:1 on white and 14.72:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #067A34 at 3.83:1.

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
#06893A · 4.52:1
AA on white−32% L
#06893A
The quick fox
#05662C · 7.13:1
AAA on white−39% L
#05662C
The quick fox
#3cf686 · 14.72:1
AA on blackalready passes
#3cf686
The quick fox
#3cf686 · 14.72:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#3cf686

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #08AB49 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
#3cf686 on white: 1.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#3cf686 on black: 14.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #3cf686 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #3cf686.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.43:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.34:1AaAa
Slate 6005.31:1AaAa
Slate 7007.26:1AaAa
Slate 80010.25:1AaAa
Slate 90012.51:1AaAa
Black14.72:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F7E17D
deuteranopia · #E1D28E
tritanopia · #00F2DB

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. #3cf686 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FDF6
#E5FBED
#C3F9D8
#94FABC
#5EF89B
#3cf686
#0BEA64
#09C353
#079C42
#0A7133
#064620
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F2FDF6Darkest = 950 · #064620Text 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 0.053 151.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.084 151.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.127 151.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.165 151.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.194 151.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.211 151.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.211 151.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.198 151.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.177 151.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.148 151.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.116 151.5);
}

Colors that work with #3cf686

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6B
Captions on the surface
Accent#C705AA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#067A34
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7FEF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#1AF471
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0AE060
Two steps down
Disabled#C7DBCF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#47FF91
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 #3cf686

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 #067A34
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #08AB49

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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight40/100
  • 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#F63CAC
Analogous left#4FF63C
Analogous right#3CF6E3
Split-complement 1#E33CF6
Split-complement 2#F63C4F
Triadic 1#863CF6
Triadic 2#F6863C
Tetradic#3C4FF6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°144°

#3cf686 sits at 144°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red23.5%
Green96.5%
Blue52.5%
R · 0–255
60
0x3c
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
134
0x86

CMYK percentages

Cyan75.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow45.5%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 125%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#3cf686 text on a black background

contrast 14.72:1

Card sample

#3cf686 text on a white background

contrast 1.43:1

Card sample

#3cf686 on grey

1.30:1

#3cf686 on its own surface

1.35:1

#3cf686 on its dark surface

11.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #3cf686;
Background color
Panel with #3cf686 background
background-color: #3cf686;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #3cf686;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(60, 246, 134, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(60, 246, 134, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #3cf686;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cf686, #3CEAF6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3cf686, #3CBBF6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #3cf686;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #3cf686;
caret-color: #3cf686;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #3cf686;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7FEF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #3cf686;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#3cf686 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #3cf686 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(60, 246, 134, 0.5)
rgb(60 246 134 / 50%)
#3cf68680
hsl(144 91% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #3cf686 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3cf6861a#ECFEF3
20%#3cf68633#D8FDE7
40%#3cf68666#B1FBCF
60%#3cf68699#8AFAB6
80%#3cf686cc#63F89E

Gradients from #3cf686

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, #76F9AA, #3cf686 45%, #067A34);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #3cf686, #1FD5F5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3cf686, #F63CAC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #94FABC 0%, #3cf686 45%, #067A34 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #87F86D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #59F7F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #067A34 0%, transparent 65%), #3cf686;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #3cf686

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.

#3cf686 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 14.72:1.

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.

#3cf686, answered

What color is #3cf686?

#3cf686 is a balanced electric green, closest to Spring Green (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 144° on the hue wheel with 91% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #3cf686?

rgb(60, 246, 134) — 60 red, 246 green and 134 blue out of 255, or 23.5% / 96.5% / 52.5% by channel.

What is #3cf686 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(144, 91%, 60%) and hsv(144, 76%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #3cf686 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6859 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 14.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #3cf686?

Black. It scores 14.72:1 against #3cf686, versus 1.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #3cf686 accessible on a white background?

#3cf686 on white scores 1.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #06893A to reach 4.5:1, or #05662C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #3cf686?

#F63CAC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E33CF6 and #F63C4F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #3cf686?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD2 for borders, #4B9B6B for secondary text, #C705AA as an accent and #067A34 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4FF63C and #3CF6E3 stays calm, while #F63CAC is the loudest partner.

What is #3cf686 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(76%, 0%, 46%, 4%). 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 #3cf686 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3CF642; nudged cooler, #3AF8CB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #3cf686?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 11.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #3cf686 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #3cf686 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#3cf686] or text-[#3cf686], 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 #3cf686 with 50% opacity?

rgba(60, 246, 134, 0.5), or #3cf68680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9EFBC3; over black, #1E7B43.

Is #3cf686 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FF99, ΔE2000 2.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #3cf686 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 #3cf686?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #76F9AA, #3cf686 45%, #067A34). For more colour, a short hue run to #1FD5F5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #3cf686 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #3cf686 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.