Medium Sea Green (#3CB371)

The hex code for Medium Sea Green is #3CB371. It is rgb(60, 179, 113) in RGB, hsl(147, 50%, 47%) in HSL, and about cmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%) in CMYK — a mid-tone green. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#3CB371

HEX#3CB371

RGBrgb(60, 179, 113)

HSLhsl(147, 50%, 47%)

HSVhsv(147, 66%, 70%)

CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%)

OKLCHoklch(68.4% 0.144 155)

LABlab(65.22% -45.97 23.71)

LCHlch(65.22% 51.73 152.72)

Colors Closest to Medium Sea Green

Medium Sea Green is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Green Frog#00A86BΔE 6.35 GO Green#00AB66ΔE 6.37 Green (Crayola)#1CAC78ΔE 8.06 Shamrock Green#009E60ΔE 8.32 Emerald#50C878ΔE 9.67 Green (NCS)#009F6BΔE 10.11

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#3CB371 Channel Values

How Medium Sea Green breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 60 · G 179 · B 113	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 147° · S 50% · L 47%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 147° · S 66% · V 70%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 66% · M 0% · Y 37% · K 30%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	2.67:1 vs white · 7.88:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Medium Sea Green background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.67:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

TextBlack text7.88:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With Medium Sea Green

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Medium Sea Green; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of Medium Sea Green

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Shades

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How Medium Sea Green Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#3CB371

Protanopia#A6A672

Protanomaly#88AB71

Deuteranopia#999975

Deuteranomaly#7EA473

Tritanopia#51ACAC

Tritanomaly#49AF98

Achromatopsia#9E9E9E

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Using #3CB371 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--medium-sea-green: #3CB371;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #3CB371;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'medium-sea-green': '#3CB371' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.235, green: 0.702, blue: 0.443)

Android XML<color name="medium_sea_green">#3CB371</color>

SVG fillfill="#3CB371"

More Green Colors

Medium Sea Green sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

3d6600 3c6300 3d7a00 3b7a57 3ddc84 3b7500 3fff00 3acf3a 40826d 39ff14 414833 39ac6b 556b2f 679267 8aff8a 9dc209 b2ec5d cdefe3 e8f48c 005c00 00a877 034a03 192919 2bb12b

#3CB371 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Medium Sea Green?

The hex code for Medium Sea Green is #3CB371. That is rgb(60, 179, 113) in RGB, hsl(147, 50%, 47%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #3CB371?

#3CB371 is rgb(60, 179, 113) — red 60, green 179, and blue 113 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #3CB371?

#3CB371 converts to approximately cmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #3CB371 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #3CB371 scores 2.67:1 against white and 7.88:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Is MediumSeaGreen a CSS named color?

Yes. MediumSeaGreen is one of the CSS named colors, so you can write color: mediumseagreen instead of the hex code.

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