Kelly Green #339C5E

Kelly Green (#339C5E) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 154°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.134. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#339C5E
RGBrgb(51, 156, 94)
HSLhsl(145, 51%, 41%)
HSVhsv(145, 67%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 0%, 40%, 39%)
CIE Lablab(57.4 -44.4 24)
OKLCHoklch(0.617 0.134 154)

How Kelly Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Kelly Green shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.47:1 and against black 6.06:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Kelly Green

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#a8f1be · #77cb93 · #339c5e · #147f46 · #00572c · #003216

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#4dbfb3 · #34af8b · #339c5e · #4d8437 · #586c0e · #595400

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#28dbed · #70b0b8 · #339c5e · #247b48 · #005c2f · #003a40

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#d7f7df · #a5d8b4 · #94af9b · #339c5e · #914385 · #275136

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#faedf7 · #95a699 · #339c5e · #71686f · #1f3125 · #020002

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f9eef6 · #d1c4ce · #a597a2 · #2c1c29 · #090107 · #339c5e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d5d7b2 · #80aa75 · #339c5e · #a31c41 · #463250 · #200803

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#b4daf0 · #b18d9a · #339c5e · #60429b · #2d3b57 · #04100f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#edf1ff · #8b9ce4 · #339c5e · #aa4833 · #560a00 · #010011

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e7f4ff · #62a8de · #339c5e · #97498b · #432300 · #060005

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#56AC74 · #74BC8B · #90CCA2 · #ACDCBA · #C7EDD1

Shades

#1F824A · #056837 · #004F27 · #003619 · #00200B

Muted

#4D9867 · #609370 · #6F8E78

Using Kelly Green

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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