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Triumphant Grove

#3a9540
Notes

Triumphant Grove (#3A9540) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (124°, 44%, 41%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#3a9540
RGB
rgb(58, 149, 64)
HSL
hsl(124, 44%, 41%)
HWB
hwb(124 23% 42%)
OKLCH
oklch(59.5% 0.150 144.5)
HSV
hsv(124, 61%, 58%)
LAB
lab(54.83% -44.95 36.52)
LCH
lch(54.83% 57.92 140.91)
CMYK
cmyk(61%, 0%, 57%, 42%)

Etymology

Triumphant
adjective

Latin triumphāns, celebrating victory — present-participle of triumphāre. As a color modifier, triumphant implies a saturated-and-celebratory-and-victorious quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Imperial-period triumphal-arch spolia relief and Arch-of-Titus victory imagery. Sits at the bold-and-celebratory end of the grid, parallel to victorious and conquering.

Grove
noun

A small group of trees — often a deliberately planted cluster of Olea, Citrus, or Quercus in Mediterranean cultural landscape. Grove color refers to a Provençal olive grove canopy: a soft, slightly muted gray-green with the matte finish of mature olive foliage.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#3a9540
Original
#988838
Protanopia
#8c8046
Deuteranopia
#289182
Tritanopia
#7c7c7c
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.78:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
5.55:1

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