Crayola crayon color

Crayola Jungle Green #3BB08F

Crayola Jungle Green is shown here as #3BB08F, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft cyan in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.683, chroma 0.115 and hue 170.5°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumseagreen (#3CB371), ΔE2000 8.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.3396
OKLCH L · C · h
0.683 · 0.115 · 170.5
Best text
Black 7.79:1
Hue family
Green
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#3BB08F color codes

HEX
#3BB08F
RGB
rgb(59, 176, 143)
HSL
hsl(163, 50%, 46%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.683 0.115 170.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.683 -0.114 0.019)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 64.93, a* -40.53, b* 7.46
XYZ (D65)
X 22.28, Y 33.96, Z 31.36
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(66%, 0%, 19%, 31%)

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.

Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.

Legibility

Contrast: is #3BB08F accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.79:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.69:1.

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

    7.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +52

  • White text on it

    2.69:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −57

  • As text on black

    7.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −49

  • As text on white

    2.69:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +51

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #008568 4.61:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.68 to 0.55 reaches 4.61:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #3BB08F 7.79:1

    It already reaches 7.79:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #3BB08F 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 #3BB08F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #3BB08F sits at step 400.

  1. 50#DAFFF1
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.55
  2. 100#AEFFE3
    White
    1.15
    Black
    18.21
  3. 200#8FEECE
    White
    1.37
    Black
    15.28
  4. 300#6ED4B4
    White
    1.78
    Black
    11.73
  5. 400This color#3BB08F
    White
    2.69
    Black
    7.79
  6. 500#1E9C7C
    White
    3.44
    Black
    6.10
  7. 600#008266
    White
    4.78
    Black
    4.38
  8. 700#006851
    White
    6.77
    Black
    3.09
  9. 800#004C3A
    White
    10.02
    Black
    2.09
  10. 900#003125
    White
    14.32
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#001C13
    White
    17.86
    Black
    1.17

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

Gamut

How vivid #3BB08F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.135; #3BB08F uses 86% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.184 there: 36% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.115
sRGB edge
0.135
Display P3 edge
0.184
Rec. 2020 edge
0.290
Dominant wavelength
504 nm
Excitation purity
19%
Chromaticity
x 0.2544, y 0.3877
  • This color#3BB08F
  • Most vivid in sRGB#00B38D
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.683 0.184 170.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #3bb08f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.7213 0.5477); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #3BB08F

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%#9DD8C7
  • OKLab50%#A6D8C6
  • OKLCH50%#A6D8C6

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#1E5848
  • OKLab50%#114234
  • OKLCH50%#114234

Its complement #CF7AA3

  • sRGB50%#859599
  • OKLab50%#999999
  • OKLCH50%#6F99E1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #3bb08f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #3bb08f 50%, white);

In use

#3BB08F 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, 4.5:17.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.69:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.69:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.69:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008568 4.61:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.95:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.95:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.95:1 Passes

Color vision

How #3BB08F looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.0; tritanopia changes it least, 7.8.

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

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #ABA48D ΔE2000 23.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #9B9991 ΔE2000 23.1

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #00B1A6 ΔE2000 7.8

    Noticeable

    Reads as light soft cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9E9E9E ΔE2000 24.0

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #CF7AA3. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#3BB08F · #CF7AA349.4Stays distinct
Protanopia#ABA48D · #828CA423.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#9B9991 · #989AA18.1Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia#00B1A6 · #DA788956.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9E9E9E · #9494943.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #3BB08F

Its complement is #CF7AA3, a light soft pink, on the warm side of the wheel.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#3BB08F
  • Complement#CF7AA3

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#71AB66
  • Base#3BB08F
  • +30°#08AEB6

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#3BB08F
  • +120°#998CDB
  • +240°#D28355

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#3BB08F
  • +150°#B981C5
  • +210°#D77B7B

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-crayola-jungle-green: #3bb08f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-jungle-green': '#3bb08f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-jungle-green: oklch(0.683 0.115 170.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-jungle-green": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.2314, 0.6902, 0.5608],
        "hex": "#3bb08f"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Jungle Green"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaJungleGreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.231, green: 0.690, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaJungleGreen = Color(0xFF3BB08F)
}

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 #3BB08F in the tools

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