Colour

#3CB371

#3CB371
Green
Dark
Named: Medium seagreen

#3CB371 is the CSS colour green with RGB values 60, 179, 113 and HSL 147°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#3CB371

RGBrgb(60, 179, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.702, 0.4431

RGB percentages23.5%, 70.2%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(146.7, 49.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(146.7, 66.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK66.5%, 0%, 36.9%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,978,097

CSS custom property--colour: #3CB371;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#C34C8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2A56Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39A75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B1A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 0 Sea green · ΔE 16.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.5 Light green · ΔE 24.8 Forest green · ΔE 25.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.1

This is a named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)exact match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usablemediumseagreen

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B33C7E

Analogous#43B33C, #3CB3AC

Triadic#713CB3, #B3713C

Split complementary#AC3CB3, #B33C43

Tetradic#3C43B3, #B33C7E, #B3AC3C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CDEEDC

Lighter +30%#A7E1C1

Lighter +20%#80D5A6

Lighter +10%#5AC88B

Darker −10%#2F8D59

Darker −20%#226741

Darker −30%#164029

Darker −40%#091A11

More saturated +25%#1ED16E

Less saturated −25%#5A9574

Channel breakdown

R60

G179

B113

Red60 (23.5%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue146.72°

Saturation (HSL)49.79%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 3C · G B3 · B 71

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