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Green Color

#008000

Green Color

Greens

One of the three primary additive colors of light, named after the color of living plants and sharing a Germanic root with the word 'grow'.

Nearest Tailwind class green-700 #008236 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#008000

RGB

rgb(0, 128, 0)

HSL

hsl(120, 100%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(120, 100%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 100%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(46.23, -51.7, 49.9)

LCH

lch(46.23, 71.85, 136.01)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.1769, 142.49)

HWB

hwb(120, 0%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#800080

Analogous

#408000

#008000

#008040

Triadic

#008000

#000080

#800000

Split-complementary

#008000

#400080

#800040

Tetradic

#008000

#008080

#800080

#800000

Square

#008000

#004080

#800080

#804000

Shades

Green Color mixed toward black.

#006b00

#005500

#004000

#002b00

#001500

Tints

Green Color mixed toward white.

#00c000

#00ff00

#40ff40

#80ff80

#bfffbf

Tones

Green Color mixed toward gray.

#0b750b

#156b15

#206020

#2b552b

#354b35

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565741 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#504848 · ΔE 35.2

Tritanopia

#1b565a · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #008000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008000]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Honeydew #f0fff0

Light Green #90ee90

Frequently asked questions

Green (#008000) is rgb(0, 128, 0) in RGB.

No, #008000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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