Exploring the Color #3AC11F

#3AC11F sits at 110° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 72% saturation and 44% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 58, 193, 31 produces a 8.83:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #3AC11F is a clear variant of CSS forest green — about 59 units away from #228B22. Designers reach for green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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