Medium Sea Green #3CB371

Medium Sea Green (#3CB371) is a light, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 155°, lightness 0.68 and chroma 0.144. 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#3CB371
RGBrgb(60, 179, 113)
HSLhsl(147, 50%, 47%)
HSVhsv(147, 66%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%)
CIE Lablab(65.3 -48.2 24.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.684 0.144 155)

How Medium Sea Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Medium Sea 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 ≈ 1.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.67:1 and against black 7.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Medium Sea 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.

#d2ffe0 · #82e1a5 · #3cb371 · #1d9457 · #006b3b · #004423

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.

#59d6cb · #3dc6a1 · #3cb371 · #5a9a48 · #688121 · #6c6800

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.

#80c6d0 · #3cb371 · #2f905a · #006c77 · #00522c · #003136

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.

#b6f0c9 · #a7c5b0 · #3cb371 · #aa539a · #356547 · #254330

Quiet Support

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

#fbedf7 · #3cb371 · #718477 · #52494f · #102418 · #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 · #a597a1 · #2c1c29 · #090107 · #3cb371

Complementary

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

#ffebfa · #3cb371 · #a8629a · #78236a · #3a0032 · #000601

Split-complementary

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

#eac6dc · #c89faa · #3cb371 · #7f4ba8 · #354264 · #051412

Triadic

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

#eef1ff · #3cb371 · #6b78c3 · #892102 · #3f0600 · #010011

Tetradic

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

#e7f4ff · #3cb371 · #3a84be · #78236a · #301800 · #060005

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#5EC085 · #7BCC98 · #95D9AC · #AFE5C0 · #C8F1D5

Shades

#249459 · #037743 · #005930 · #003D1F · #00230F

Muted

#5AAE7A · #6FA983 · #80A48C

Using Medium Sea 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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