Prairie #0B9D6A

Prairie (#0B9D6A) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 161°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.135. 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#0B9D6A
RGBrgb(11, 157, 106)
HSLhsl(159, 87%, 33%)
HSVhsv(159, 93%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(93%, 0%, 32%, 38%)
CIE Lablab(57.3 -47 17.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.616 0.135 161)

How Prairie behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Prairie 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 ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Prairie 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 3.47:1 and against black 6.05:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Prairie

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.

#9ef2c7 · #6acc9d · #0b9d6a · #007e54 · #005638 · #00311d

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.

#47bebc · #1daf96 · #0b9d6a · #3d8642 · #4d6e1c · #525600

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.

#2fd9f7 · #70afbd · #0b9d6a · #007b52 · #005b3b · #003943

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.

#d2f7e3 · #9ed9ba · #91af9e · #0b9d6a · #96417b · #1f523b

Quiet Support

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

#fbedf6 · #92a69b · #0b9d6a · #71676d · #1d3127 · #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.

#faeef5 · #d2c4cc · #a697a0 · #2d1c27 · #0a0106 · #0b9d6a

Complementary

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

#d3d4af · #78a772 · #0b9d6a · #a71c33 · #4c334e · #1c0a03

Split-complementary

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

#e9d1b1 · #bf7dd5 · #0b9d6a · #735153 · #47364a · #0b1404

Triadic

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

#eff1ff · #9498e2 · #0b9d6a · #a84a24 · #501600 · #010010

Tetradic

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

#e8f3ff · #6ca4e1 · #0b9d6a · #9c4681 · #402500 · #070003

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#46AD7F · #69BD94 · #88CDAA · #A6DDC0 · #C3EDD6

Shades

#008256 · #006744 · #004E32 · #003621 · #001F11

Muted

#3F9870 · #589476 · #6B8E7B

Using Prairie

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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