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#3dfb97

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Basil

RGB
61, 251, 151
HSL
148°, 96%, 61%
CMYK
76, 0, 40, 2
Luminance
0.7222

#3dfb97 is a balanced electric green, 148° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.44:1). As text it scores 1.36:1 on white — use #038842 instead. Nearest name is Medium Spring Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(148 96% 61%)rgb(61 251 151)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #3dfb97 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#3dfb97
Hue
148°
green
Saturation
96%
electric
Lightness
61%
balanced
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7222
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.44:1
Closest name
Medium Spring Green
ΔE2000 1.5
Chroma
76.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.874
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 12.8
Web-safe
#33FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue148° of 360°
Saturation96%
Lightness61%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #3dfb97.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% 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#3dfb97
HEX (8-digit)#3dfb97ff
RGBrgb(61, 251, 151)
RGBArgba(61, 251, 151, 1)
HSLhsl(148, 96%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(148, 76%, 98%)
HWBhwb(148 24% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(76%, 0%, 40%, 2%)
LABlab(88.1 -67.7 35.0)
LCHlch(88.1 76.3 152.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.874 0.202 154.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.00, 72.22, 41.00)
Decimal4062103
Display P3color(display-p3 0.239 0.984 0.592)
Web-safe#33FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #3dfb97;
background-color: #3dfb97;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #3dfb97;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#3dfb97] bg-[#3dfb97]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #3dfb97;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.239, green: 0.984, blue: 0.592)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.239, green: 0.984, blue: 0.592, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#3DFB97</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF3DFB97)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF3DFB97)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(151, 251, 61)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(61, 251, 151)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(61, 251, 151)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 61, 251, 151)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2392f, 0.9843f, 0.5922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{61,251,151}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #3dfb97 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #3dfb97 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#037D3C, #D3EEE0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #3dfb97 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: #F1FDF7;
  --brand-100: #E4FCEF;
  --brand-200: #C1FADC;
  --brand-300: #91FDC4;
  --brand-400: #5AFCA7;
  --brand-500: #3dfb97;
  --brand-600: #05F074;
  --brand-700: #04C861;
  --brand-800: #03A04D;
  --brand-900: #07733A;
  --brand-950: #044824;
  --brand: #3dfb97;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD5;
  --brand-hover: #1AFA84;
  --brand-pressed: #05EC72;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241C;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDF7',
        100: '#E4FCEF',
        200: '#C1FADC',
        300: '#91FDC4',
        400: '#5AFCA7',
        500: '#3dfb97',
        600: '#05F074',
        700: '#04C861',
        800: '#03A04D',
        900: '#07733A',
        950: '#044824',
        DEFAULT: '#3dfb97',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDF7,
  '100': #E4FCEF,
  '200': #C1FADC,
  '300': #91FDC4,
  '400': #5AFCA7,
  '500': #3dfb97,
  '600': #05F074,
  '700': #04C861,
  '800': #03A04D,
  '900': #07733A,
  '950': #044824,
);
$brand-base: #3dfb97;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C1FADC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#91FDC4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5AFCA7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3dfb97", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#05F074", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#04C861", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#03A04D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#07733A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#044824", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #3dfb97 · 15.44:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.44:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #3dfb97 as text scores 1.36:1 on white and 15.44:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #037D3C at 3.86:1.

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
#038842 · 4.56:1
AA on white−34% L
#038842
The quick fox
#026531 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−41% L
#026531
The quick fox
#3dfb97 · 15.44:1
AA on blackalready passes
#3dfb97
The quick fox
#3dfb97 · 15.44:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#3dfb97

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #03AB53 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
#3dfb97 on white: 1.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#3dfb97 on black: 15.44:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #3dfb97 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #3dfb97.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.36:1AaAa
Slate 501.30:1AaAa
Slate 1001.24:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.89:1AaAa
Slate 5003.50:1AaAa
Slate 6005.57:1AaAa
Slate 7007.62:1AaAa
Slate 80010.76:1AaAa
Slate 90013.13:1AaAa
Black15.44:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAE690
deuteranopia · #E4D79E
tritanopia · #00F8E2

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. #3dfb97 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.

#F1FDF7
#E4FCEF
#C1FADC
#91FDC4
#5AFCA7
#3dfb97
#05F074
#04C861
#03A04D
#07733A
#044824
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF7Darkest = 950 · #044824Text 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 0.051 154.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.081 154.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.121 154.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.158 154.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.186 154.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.202 154.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.202 154.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.190 154.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.170 154.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.142 154.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.111 154.5);
}

Colors that work with #3dfb97

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#C0EDD5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B71
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC009F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#037D3C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FEF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241C
Dark-mode background
Hover#1AFA84
One step down in lightness
Pressed#05EC72
Two steps down
Disabled#CBDED4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#4EFFA2
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 #3dfb97

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 #037D3C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #03AB53

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
  • Weight39/100
  • 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#FB3DA1
Analogous left#42FB3D
Analogous right#3DFBF6
Split-complement 1#F63DFB
Split-complement 2#FB3D42
Triadic 1#973DFB
Triadic 2#FB973D
Tetradic#3D42FB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°148°

#3dfb97 sits at 148°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red23.9%
Green98.4%
Blue59.2%
R · 0–255
61
0x3d
G · 0–255
251
0xfb
B · 0–255
151
0x97

CMYK percentages

Cyan75.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow39.8%
Key (black)1.6%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#3dfb97 text on a black background

contrast 15.44:1

Card sample

#3dfb97 text on a white background

contrast 1.36:1

Card sample

#3dfb97 on grey

1.24:1

#3dfb97 on its own surface

1.29:1

#3dfb97 on its dark surface

11.89:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #3dfb97;
Background color
Panel with #3dfb97 background
background-color: #3dfb97;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #3dfb97;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(61, 251, 151, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(61, 251, 151, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #3dfb97;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3dfb97, #3DE0FB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3dfb97, #3DB1FB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #3dfb97;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #3dfb97;
caret-color: #3dfb97;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #3dfb97;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FEF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #3dfb97;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#3dfb97 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #3dfb97 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, 251, 151, 0.5)
rgb(61 251 151 / 50%)
#3dfb9780
hsl(148 96% 61% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #3dfb97 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3dfb971a#ECFFF5
20%#3dfb9733#D8FEEA
40%#3dfb9766#B1FDD5
60%#3dfb9799#8BFDC1
80%#3dfb97cc#64FCAC

Gradients from #3dfb97

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, #79FCB7, #3dfb97 45%, #037D3C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #3dfb97, #1FC9FA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3dfb97, #FB3DA1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #97FDC7 0%, #3dfb97 45%, #037D3C 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%, #7FFC6F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5BF3FC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #037D3C 0%, transparent 65%), #3dfb97;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #3dfb97

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.

#3dfb97 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 15.44:1.

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.

#3dfb97, answered

What color is #3dfb97?

#3dfb97 is a balanced electric green, closest to Medium Spring Green (ΔE2000 1.5). It sits at 148° on the hue wheel with 96% saturation and 61% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #3dfb97?

rgb(61, 251, 151) — 61 red, 251 green and 151 blue out of 255, or 23.9% / 98.4% / 59.2% by channel.

What is #3dfb97 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(148, 96%, 61%) and hsv(148, 76%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #3dfb97 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7222 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 15.44:1.

Should I use black or white text on #3dfb97?

Black. It scores 15.44:1 against #3dfb97, versus 1.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #3dfb97 accessible on a white background?

#3dfb97 on white scores 1.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #038842 to reach 4.5:1, or #026531 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #3dfb97?

#FB3DA1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F63DFB and #FB3D42, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #3dfb97?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD5 for borders, #4B9B71 for secondary text, #CC009F as an accent and #037D3C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #42FB3D and #3DFBF6 stays calm, while #FB3DA1 is the loudest partner.

What is #3dfb97 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(76%, 0%, 40%, 2%). 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 #3dfb97 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3DFB51; nudged cooler, #3BFDDE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #3dfb97?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 12.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #3dfb97 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #3dfb97 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#3dfb97] or text-[#3dfb97], 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 #3dfb97 with 50% opacity?

rgba(61, 251, 151, 0.5), or #3dfb9780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9EFDCB; over black, #1F7E4C.

Is #3dfb97 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FF99, ΔE2000 0.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #3dfb97 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 #3dfb97?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #79FCB7, #3dfb97 45%, #037D3C). For more colour, a short hue run to #1FC9FA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #3dfb97 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #3dfb97 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.