Green #008000

Green (#008000) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 142°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.177. 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.

Color values

HEX#008000
RGBrgb(0, 128, 0)
HSLhsl(120, 100%, 25%)
HSVhsv(120, 100%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 0%, 100%, 50%)
CIE Lablab(46.2 -51.7 49.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.520 0.177 142)

How Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Green shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 5.14:1 and against black 4.09:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Green

Tonal

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.

#89d383 · #58ae53 · #008000 · #006100 · #003b00 · #001800

Analogous

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.

#00a387 · #00915b · #008000 · #476300 · #4a4b00 · #443700

Shifted

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.

#70d8d7 · #00bcbc · #369796 · #008000 · #005f00 · #004000

Contrast

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.

#addda8 · #c468d1 · #008000 · #395237 · #043903 · #011a01

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#faedfc · #778975 · #008000 · #554c56 · #142612 · #020003

Bright Accent

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.

#f7eef8 · #cfc5d0 · #a397a4 · #2a1d2c · #080109 · #008000

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fdebff · #aa63b4 · #008000 · #7a1c87 · #380040 · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#eacae5 · #d5a7bf · #928ed3 · #008000 · #455377 · #04130f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ebf2ff · #5480d7 · #008000 · #99001d · #450007 · #000012

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e3f5ff · #008fc1 · #008000 · #7a1c87 · #381500 · #050008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#3C9538 · #60AA5B · #81BF7C · #A2D49D · #C2E9BE

Shades

#006A00 · #005500 · #004100 · #002E00 · #001C00

Muted

#2F7C2B · #437740 · #537350

Using Green

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.

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