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#3eb57f

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Moss

RGB
62, 181, 127
HSL
153°, 49%, 48%
CMYK
66, 0, 30, 29
Luminance
0.3560

#3eb57f is a balanced vivid green, 153° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.12:1). As text it scores 2.59:1 on white — use #2D835C instead. Nearest name is Medium Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(153 49% 48%)rgb(62 181 127)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #3eb57f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#3eb57f
Hue
153°
green
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
71%
HSV value
Perceived
58%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3560
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.12:1
Closest name
Medium Sea Green
ΔE2000 2.8
Chroma
49.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.693
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 2.2
Web-safe
#33CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue153° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #3eb57f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% 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%
Green93%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#3eb57f
HEX (8-digit)#3eb57fff
RGBrgb(62, 181, 127)
RGBArgba(62, 181, 127, 1)
HSLhsl(153, 49%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153, 66%, 71%)
HWBhwb(153 24% 29%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 30%, 29%)
LABlab(66.2 -45.8 18.0)
LCHlch(66.2 49.2 158.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.693 0.133 159.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(22.34, 35.60, 25.77)
Decimal4109695
Display P3color(display-p3 0.243 0.710 0.498)
Web-safe#33CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #3eb57f;
background-color: #3eb57f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #3eb57f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#3eb57f] bg-[#3eb57f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #3eb57f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.243, green: 0.710, blue: 0.498)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.243, green: 0.710, blue: 0.498, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#3EB57F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF3EB57F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF3EB57F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(127, 181, 62)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(62, 181, 127)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(62, 181, 127)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 62, 181, 127)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2431f, 0.7098f, 0.4980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{62,181,127}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #3eb57f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #3eb57f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#215F43, #D3EEE2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #3eb57f 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: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-100: #EAF6F0;
  --brand-200: #D0ECDF;
  --brand-300: #ABE2C9;
  --brand-400: #82D4AF;
  --brand-500: #58C694;
  --brand-600: #3eb57f;
  --brand-700: #34986B;
  --brand-800: #2A7A55;
  --brand-900: #225940;
  --brand-950: #153728;
  --brand: #3eb57f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C2EAD8;
  --brand-hover: #359A6C;
  --brand-pressed: #2C805A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241D;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAF8',
        100: '#EAF6F0',
        200: '#D0ECDF',
        300: '#ABE2C9',
        400: '#82D4AF',
        500: '#58C694',
        600: '#3eb57f',
        700: '#34986B',
        800: '#2A7A55',
        900: '#225940',
        950: '#153728',
        DEFAULT: '#3eb57f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAF8,
  '100': #EAF6F0,
  '200': #D0ECDF,
  '300': #ABE2C9,
  '400': #82D4AF,
  '500': #58C694,
  '600': #3eb57f,
  '700': #34986B,
  '800': #2A7A55,
  '900': #225940,
  '950': #153728,
);
$brand-base: #3eb57f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF6F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0ECDF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABE2C9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#82D4AF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#58C694", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3eb57f", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#34986B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A7A55", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#225940", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#153728", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #3eb57f · 8.12:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.12:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #3eb57f as text scores 2.59:1 on white and 8.12:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #215F43 at 2.92:1.

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
#2D835C · 4.65:1
AA on white−13% L
#2D835C
The quick fox
#216144 · 7.35:1
AAA on white−22% L
#216144
The quick fox
#3eb57f · 8.12:1
AA on blackalready passes
#3eb57f
The quick fox
#3eb57f · 8.12:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#3eb57f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #39A674 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
#3eb57f on white: 2.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#3eb57f on black: 8.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #3eb57f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #3eb57f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.59:1AaAa
Slate 502.47:1AaAa
Slate 1002.36:1AaAa
Slate 2002.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.74:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.84:1AaAa
Slate 6002.93:1AaAa
Slate 7004.00:1AaAa
Slate 8005.66:1AaAa
Slate 9006.90:1AaAa
Black8.12:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B3A87C
deuteranopia · #A39C82
tritanopia · #00B4A7

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. #3eb57f 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.

#F4FAF8
#EAF6F0
#D0ECDF
#ABE2C9
#82D4AF
#58C694
#3eb57f
#34986B
#2A7A55
#225940
#153728
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4FAF8Darkest = 950 · #153728Text 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 0.033 159.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 159.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.080 159.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.104 159.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.123 159.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.133 159.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.133 159.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.125 159.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.112 159.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 159.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 159.9);
}

Colors that work with #3eb57f

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C2EAD8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B76
Captions on the surface
Accent#BA3994
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#215F43
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF8F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241D
Dark-mode background
Hover#359A6C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#2C805A
Two steps down
Disabled#A0C3B3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3BCC8A
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 #3eb57f

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 #215F43
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #39A674

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
  • 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#B53E74
Analogous left#3EB543
Analogous right#3EAFB5
Split-complement 1#B53EAF
Split-complement 2#B5433E
Triadic 1#7F3EB5
Triadic 2#B57F3E
Tetradic#433EB5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°153°

#3eb57f sits at 153°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red24.3%
Green71.0%
Blue49.8%
R · 0–255
62
0x3e
G · 0–255
181
0xb5
B · 0–255
127
0x7f

CMYK percentages

Cyan65.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow29.8%
Key (black)29.0%

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

Color previews

#3eb57f text on a black background

contrast 8.12:1

Card sample

#3eb57f text on a white background

contrast 2.59:1

Card sample

#3eb57f on grey

2.36:1

#3eb57f on its own surface

2.45:1

#3eb57f on its dark surface

6.25:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #3eb57f;
Background color
Panel with #3eb57f background
background-color: #3eb57f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #3eb57f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(62, 181, 127, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(62, 181, 127, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #3eb57f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eb57f, #3E9BB5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3eb57f, #3E7EB5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #3eb57f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #3eb57f;
caret-color: #3eb57f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #3eb57f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF8F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #3eb57f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#3eb57f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #3eb57f 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(62, 181, 127, 0.5)
rgb(62 181 127 / 50%)
#3eb57f80
hsl(153 49% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #3eb57f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#3eb57f1a#ECF8F2
20%#3eb57f33#D8F0E5
40%#3eb57f66#B2E1CC
60%#3eb57f99#8BD3B2
80%#3eb57fcc#65C499

Gradients from #3eb57f

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, #66CA9D, #3eb57f 45%, #215F43);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #3eb57f, #367F9E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3eb57f, #B53E74);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7CD2AB 0%, #3eb57f 45%, #215F43 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #62C85E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4FB4C3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #215F43 0%, transparent 65%), #3eb57f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #3eb57f

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.

#3eb57f 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 8.12:1.

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.

#3eb57f, answered

What color is #3eb57f?

#3eb57f is a balanced vivid green, closest to Medium Sea Green (ΔE2000 2.8). It sits at 153° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #3eb57f?

rgb(62, 181, 127) — 62 red, 181 green and 127 blue out of 255, or 24.3% / 71% / 49.8% by channel.

What is #3eb57f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(153, 49%, 48%) and hsv(153, 66%, 71%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #3eb57f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3560 and perceived brightness is 58%, so black text on it reaches 8.12:1.

Should I use black or white text on #3eb57f?

Black. It scores 8.12:1 against #3eb57f, versus 2.59:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #3eb57f accessible on a white background?

#3eb57f on white scores 2.59:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2D835C to reach 4.5:1, or #216144 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #3eb57f?

#B53E74 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B53EAF and #B5433E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #3eb57f?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C2EAD8 for borders, #4B9B76 for secondary text, #BA3994 as an accent and #215F43 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3EB543 and #3EAFB5 stays calm, while #B53E74 is the loudest partner.

What is #3eb57f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(66%, 0%, 30%, 29%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #3eb57f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3EB553; nudged cooler, #3BB7AD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #3eb57f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 2.2 away. That is close enough to swap in without anyone noticing.

How do I use #3eb57f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#3eb57f] or text-[#3eb57f], 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 #3eb57f with 50% opacity?

rgba(62, 181, 127, 0.5), or #3eb57f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9FDABF; over black, #1F5B40.

Is #3eb57f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC66, ΔE2000 9.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #3eb57f 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 #3eb57f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #66CA9D, #3eb57f 45%, #215F43). For more colour, a short hue run to #367F9E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #3eb57f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #3eb57f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.