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#3daf29

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Basil

RGB
61, 175, 41
HSL
111°, 62%, 42%
CMYK
65, 0, 77, 31
Luminance
0.3181

#3daf29 is a dark vivid green, 111° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.36:1). As text it scores 2.85:1 on white — use #2F861F instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(111 62% 42%)rgb(61 175 41)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #3daf29 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#3daf29
Hue
111°
green
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
42%
dark
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
54%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3181
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.36:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
78.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.664
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 8.3
Web-safe
#339933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue111° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness42%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #3daf29.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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%
Green96%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#3daf29
HEX (8-digit)#3daf29ff
RGBrgb(61, 175, 41)
RGBArgba(61, 175, 41, 1)
HSLhsl(111, 62%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111, 77%, 69%)
HWBhwb(111 16% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 0%, 77%, 31%)
LABlab(63.2 -56.0 55.3)
LCHlch(63.2 78.7 135.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.664 0.197 141.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(17.65, 31.81, 7.31)
Decimal4042537
Display P3color(display-p3 0.239 0.686 0.161)
Web-safe#339933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #3daf29;
background-color: #3daf29;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #3daf29;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#3daf29] bg-[#3daf29]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #3daf29;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.239, green: 0.686, blue: 0.161)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.239, green: 0.686, blue: 0.161, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#3DAF29</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF3DAF29)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF3DAF29)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(41, 175, 61)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(61, 175, 41)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(61, 175, 41)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 61, 175, 41)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2392f, 0.6863f, 0.1608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{61,175,41}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #3daf29 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #3daf29 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#246718, #D7EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #3daf29 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: #F5FBF4;
  --brand-100: #EBF7E8;
  --brand-200: #D1F0CC;
  --brand-300: #AFEAA4;
  --brand-400: #86DF77;
  --brand-500: #5ED449;
  --brand-600: #45C62F;
  --brand-700: #3daf29;
  --brand-800: #2E841F;
  --brand-900: #25601A;
  --brand-950: #173C10;
  --brand: #3daf29;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #339222;
  --brand-pressed: #29751C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D7EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FBF4',
        100: '#EBF7E8',
        200: '#D1F0CC',
        300: '#AFEAA4',
        400: '#86DF77',
        500: '#5ED449',
        600: '#45C62F',
        700: '#3daf29',
        800: '#2E841F',
        900: '#25601A',
        950: '#173C10',
        DEFAULT: '#3daf29',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FBF4,
  '100': #EBF7E8,
  '200': #D1F0CC,
  '300': #AFEAA4,
  '400': #86DF77,
  '500': #5ED449,
  '600': #45C62F,
  '700': #3daf29,
  '800': #2E841F,
  '900': #25601A,
  '950': #173C10,
);
$brand-base: #3daf29;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1F0CC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AFEAA4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#86DF77", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5ED449", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#45C62F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3daf29", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2E841F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#25601A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#173C10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #3daf29 · 7.36:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.85:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #3daf29 as text scores 2.85:1 on white and 7.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #246718 at 2.43:1.

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
#2F861F · 4.61:1
AA on white−10% L
#2F861F
The quick fox
#236518 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−18% L
#236518
The quick fox
#3daf29 · 7.36:1
AA on blackalready passes
#3daf29
The quick fox
#3daf29 · 7.36:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#3daf29

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #3AA727 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
#3daf29 on white: 2.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#3daf29 on black: 7.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #3daf29 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #3daf29.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.85:1AaAa
Slate 502.73:1AaAa
Slate 1002.60:1AaAa
Slate 2002.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.92:1AaAa
Slate 4001.11:1AaAa
Slate 5001.67:1AaAa
Slate 6002.66:1AaAa
Slate 7003.63:1AaAa
Slate 8005.13:1AaAa
Slate 9006.26:1AaAa
Black7.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B49F08
deuteranopia · #A69538
tritanopia · #29A996

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. #3daf29 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.

#F5FBF4
#EBF7E8
#D1F0CC
#AFEAA4
#86DF77
#5ED449
#45C62F
#3daf29
#2E841F
#25601A
#173C10
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5FBF4Darkest = 950 · #173C10Text 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 0.049 141.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.079 141.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.118 141.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.154 141.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.181 141.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.197 141.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.197 141.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.185 141.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.166 141.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.138 141.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.108 141.0);
}

Colors that work with #3daf29

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#579B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7A25B3
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#246718
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDFAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#339222
One step down in lightness
Pressed#29751C
Two steps down
Disabled#96B890
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3BCC21
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 #3daf29

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
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #246718
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #3AA727

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
  • Weight58/100
  • 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#9B29AF
Analogous left#80AF29
Analogous right#29AF58
Split-complement 1#5829AF
Split-complement 2#AF2980
Triadic 1#293DAF
Triadic 2#AF293D
Tetradic#2980AF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°111°

#3daf29 sits at 111°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red23.9%
Green68.6%
Blue16.1%
R · 0–255
61
0x3d
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
41
0x29

CMYK percentages

Cyan65.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow76.6%
Key (black)31.4%

Total ink coverage is 173%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#3daf29 text on a black background

contrast 7.36:1

Card sample

#3daf29 text on a white background

contrast 2.85:1

Card sample

#3daf29 on grey

2.60:1

#3daf29 on its own surface

2.70:1

#3daf29 on its dark surface

5.68:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #3daf29;
Background color
Panel with #3daf29 background
background-color: #3daf29;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #3daf29;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(61, 175, 41, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(61, 175, 41, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #3daf29;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3daf29, #29AF6E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3daf29, #29AF90);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #3daf29;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #3daf29;
caret-color: #3daf29;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #3daf29;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDFAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #3daf29;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#3daf29 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #3daf29 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(61, 175, 41, 0.5)
rgb(61 175 41 / 50%)
#3daf2980
hsl(111 62% 42% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #3daf29 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3daf291a#ECF7EA
20%#3daf2933#D8EFD4
40%#3daf2966#B1DFA9
60%#3daf2999#8BCF7F
80%#3daf29cc#64BF54

Gradients from #3daf29

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, #58D343, #3daf29 45%, #246718);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #3daf29, #239668);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3daf29, #9B29AF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #6ED95B 0%, #3daf29 45%, #246718 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A9D13A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #2FC871 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #246718 0%, transparent 65%), #3daf29;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #3daf29

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.

#3daf29 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 7.36:1.

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.

#3daf29, answered

What color is #3daf29?

#3daf29 is a dark vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 111° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 42% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #3daf29?

rgb(61, 175, 41) — 61 red, 175 green and 41 blue out of 255, or 23.9% / 68.6% / 16.1% by channel.

What is #3daf29 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(111, 62%, 42%) and hsv(111, 77%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #3daf29 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3181 and perceived brightness is 54%, so black text on it reaches 7.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #3daf29?

Black. It scores 7.36:1 against #3daf29, versus 2.85:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #3daf29 accessible on a white background?

#3daf29 on white scores 2.85:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2F861F to reach 4.5:1, or #236518 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #3daf29?

#9B29AF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5829AF and #AF2980, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #3daf29?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EDC0 for borders, #579B4B for secondary text, #7A25B3 as an accent and #246718 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #80AF29 and #29AF58 stays calm, while #9B29AF is the loudest partner.

What is #3daf29 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(65%, 0%, 77%, 31%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #3daf29 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6EAF29; nudged cooler, #27B145.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #3daf29?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 8.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #3daf29 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #3daf29 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#3daf29] or text-[#3daf29], 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 #3daf29 with 50% opacity?

rgba(61, 175, 41, 0.5), or #3daf2980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9ED794; over black, #1F5815.

Is #3daf29 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339933, ΔE2000 7.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #3daf29 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 #3daf29?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #58D343, #3daf29 45%, #246718). For more colour, a short hue run to #239668 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #3daf29 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #3daf29 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.