#00CC55Alienated (#00CC55) is a light, vivid green with an OKLCH hue of 148°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.211. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #00CC55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(0, 204, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(145, 100%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(145, 100%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(100%, 0%, 58%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(72.1 -67.2 46.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.737 0.211 148) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Alienated shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#3fc74b — ΔE 1.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#2bcd51 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#00cc55 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#00cd57 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Alienated in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.15:1 and against black 9.77:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#d4ffd9 · #5cea7e · #00cc55 · #00963c · #006c29 · #004517
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.
#00f1d5 · #00dea0 · #00cc55 · #68ae00 · #818f00 · #847500
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.
#00cc55 · #129ea5 · #008534 · #005e62 · #004417 · #002427
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.
#d1ffd7 · #b1d9b6 · #00cc55 · #c94cc7 · #377944 · #2b5532
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#feebfc · #00cc55 · #7d9680 · #5d515c · #0f2a15 · #030003
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.
#f8eef7 · #d0c5cf · #a497a3 · #2b1c2a · #080108 · #00cc55
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7dbb5 · #00cc55 · #d3276f · #566c4a · #402f4d · #220703
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#eac7df · #00cc55 · #7f6bc7 · #83526c · #2a3552 · #04110f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ecf2ff · #00cc55 · #6386f4 · #a40005 · #4a0000 · #010012
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5f4ff · #00cc55 · #0099dc · #8d008d · #391a00 · #060006
#4CD56E · #70DF86 · #8DE79D · #A8F0B3 · #C2F9C9
#00A744 · #008434 · #006225 · #004316 · #002508
#50C66B · #71BF7E · #89B88F
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.