Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind lime-900 #365314

Tailwind CSS v3's lime-900 is #365314. It is a dark muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.405, chroma 0.096 and hue 131.1°. The nearest CSS named color is darkgreen (#006400), ΔE2000 8.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.0702
OKLCH L · C · h
0.405 · 0.096 · 131.1
Best text
White 8.73:1
Hue family
Green
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#365314 color codes

HEX
#365314
RGB
rgb(54, 83, 20)
HSL
hsl(88, 61%, 20%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.405 0.096 131.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.405 -0.063 0.072)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 31.85, a* -22.22, b* 31.87
XYZ (D65)
X 4.74, Y 7.02, Z 1.77
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(35%, 0%, 76%, 67%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #365314 accessible?

White text on it reaches 8.73:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.40:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    2.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +14

  • White text on it

    8.73:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −94

  • As text on black

    2.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −12

  • As text on white

    8.73:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +89

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #365314 8.73:1

    It already reaches 8.73:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #5F7E41 4.54:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.41 to 0.56 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #365314 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #365314

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #365314 sits at step 800.

  1. 50#E6FFD1
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.58
  2. 100#D9F7C0
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.01
  3. 200#C4E4A9
    White
    1.39
    Black
    15.01
  4. 300#A9CA8D
    White
    1.82
    Black
    11.51
  5. 400#8DAE6F
    White
    2.49
    Black
    8.41
  6. 500#729254
    White
    3.52
    Black
    5.95
  7. 600#5B7A3D
    White
    4.88
    Black
    4.29
  8. 700#456227
    White
    6.93
    Black
    3.02
  9. 800This color#365314
    White
    8.73
    Black
    2.40
  10. 900#1B3000
    White
    14.29
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#0D1B00
    White
    17.88
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 lime scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#F7FEE7
    White
    1.03
    Black
    20.28
  2. 100#ECFCCB
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.35
  3. 200#D9F99D
    White
    1.16
    Black
    17.98
  4. 300#BEF264
    White
    1.30
    Black
    16.07
  5. 400#A3E635
    White
    1.50
    Black
    13.92
  6. 500#84CC16
    White
    1.97
    Black
    10.62
  7. 600#65A30D
    White
    3.08
    Black
    6.79
  8. 700#4D7C0F
    White
    4.99
    Black
    4.20
  9. 800#3F6212
    White
    7.07
    Black
    2.96
  10. 900This color#365314
    White
    8.73
    Black
    2.40
  11. 950#1A2E05
    White
    14.61
    Black
    1.43

Gamut

How vivid #365314 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.111; #365314 uses 86% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.130 there: 17% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.096
sRGB edge
0.111
Display P3 edge
0.130
Rec. 2020 edge
0.135
Dominant wavelength
560 nm
Excitation purity
64%
Chromaticity
x 0.3504, y 0.5190
  • This color#365314
  • Most vivid in sRGB#335400
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.405 0.130 131.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #365314;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.2176 0.3322 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #365314

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#9BA98A
  • OKLab50%#95A687
  • OKLCH50%#95A687

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#1B2A0A
  • OKLab50%#0F1B03
  • OKLCH50%#0F1B03

Its complement #5A386F

  • sRGB50%#484642
  • OKLab50%#494949
  • OKLCH50%#73341B
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #365314, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #365314 50%, white);

In use

#365314 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.73:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.73:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:18.73:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.73:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.73:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.14:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.14:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.14:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #668648 4.52:1

Color vision

How #365314 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.9; deuteranopia changes it least, 12.5.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #574C0A ΔE2000 13.4

    Distinct

    Reads as dark muted brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #534A1A ΔE2000 12.5

    Distinct

    Reads as dark muted brown

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #374F46 ΔE2000 16.3

    Distinct

    Reads as dark grayish green

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #4B4B4B ΔE2000 21.9

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #5A386F. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#365314 · #5A386F54.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#574C0A · #2B447141.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#534A1A · #35476E37.0Stays distinct
Tritanopia#374F46 · #58414E27.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#4B4B4B · #4646461.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #365314

Its complement is #5A386F, a dark muted violet.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#365314
  • Complement#5A386F

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#534A00
  • Base#365314
  • +30°#005839

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#365314
  • +120°#1A4B7A
  • +240°#73303C

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#365314
  • +150°#41417B
  • +210°#6A3258

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lime-900: #365314;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as lime-900;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lime: { 900: '#365314' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own lime-900; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-lime-900: oklch(0.405 0.096 131.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lime-900": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.2118, 0.3255, 0.0784],
        "hex": "#365314"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 lime-900"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lime900 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.212, green: 0.325, blue: 0.078, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lime900 = Color(0xFF365314)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #365314 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.