Medium Sea Green (#3CB371)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 2.67:1 — vs black: 7.88:1

Color values

HEX #3CB371
RGB rgb(60, 179, 113)
HSL hsl(146, 66%, 70%)
CMYK cmyk( 66.48, 0, 36.87, 29.8 )
Websafe #33CC66

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #3CB371 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#B33C7E

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#42B33C

#3CB3AC

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#713CB3

#B3713C

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#AC3CB3

#B33C42

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#3C42B3

#B33C7E

#B3AC3C

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Medium Sea Green
#3CB371 Base

#164029

#297A4D

#32945E

#53C586

#6DCE98

#A7E1C1

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Medium Sea Green, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #06130C

— #113320

— #1C5334

— #277349

— #31935D

Medium Sea Green #3CB371 Base

— #59C78A

— #7ED4A4

— #A2E0BE

— #C7ECD8

— #ECF9F2

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #3CB371. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #3CB371;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #3CB371;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #3CB371;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #3CB371,
        #E680B9
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #3CB371,
        #E680B9
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$medium-sea-green: #3CB371;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$medium-sea-green-r: 60;
$medium-sea-green-g: 179;
$medium-sea-green-b: 113;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $medium-sea-green;
    color: rgba($medium-sea-green-r, $medium-sea-green-g, $medium-sea-green-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Medium Sea Green appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #3CB371 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #9C9C74 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #ABAB70 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #51ACAC Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #9E9E9E Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Medium Sea Green ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Medium Sea Green #3CB371 Base

GO Green #00AB66 ΔE 3.38

Green (Crayola) #1CAC78 ΔE 4.19

Jade #00A86B ΔE 4.22

Mint #3EB489 ΔE 5.50

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.