Moss `#009051`

Moss (#009051) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 155°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.142. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#009051`
RGB	`rgb(0, 144, 81)`
HSL	`hsl(154, 100%, 28%)`
HSV	`hsv(154, 100%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 44%, 44%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(52.4 -48 24.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.574 0.142 155)`

How Moss behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Moss shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #2a8c4a — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #1c914e — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow-green
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #009051 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #009153 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Moss in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.11:1 and against black 5.11:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Moss

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.

#95e4b0 · #61be85 · #009051 · #00713e · #004a26 · #002610

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.

#2db2a8 · #00a280 · #009051 · #3b7826 · #4b6000 · #4c4800

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.

#00cde0 · #5ea3ac · #009051 · #006e3d · #004f29 · #002e33

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.

#bbeecb · #cf75bd · #009051 · #46604f · #0e4729 · #082715

Quiet Support

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

#fbedf7 · #86998c · #009051 · #655b62 · #192c1f · #020002

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.

#f9eef6 · #d1c4ce · #a597a1 · #2c1c29 · #090107 · #009051

Complementary

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

#d6dcb7 · #7b996a · #009051 · #615c98 · #671898 · #0c0930

Split-complementary

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

#efceb5 · #c09aa9 · #009051 · #6d4cb0 · #3b3148 · #0f1405

Triadic

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

#eef1ff · #7f8dd9 · #009051 · #9f381f · #4c0a00 · #010011

Tetradic

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

#e7f4ff · #519ad4 · #009051 · #8d397e · #3c1f00 · #060005

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#41A269 · #65B482 · #85C69B · #A4D9B5 · #C3EBCF

Shades

#007742 · #005F33 · #004825 · #003218 · #001E0B

Muted

#378C5A · #4F8763 · #60826B

Using Moss

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.