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Green

Hex #008000, rgb(0 128 0). A green CSS named color.

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About Green

Green is a medium saturated green with the hex code #008000. In RGB it is made of 0 red, 128 green and 0 blue; in HSL its hue is 120°, with 100% saturation and 25% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 52.0%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "green" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 and against black 4.09:1, so white text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Green mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Green 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Green

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Square

Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Green with white and black. The readable text color on Green is white.

Green textSmall text on white

On white5.14:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc 75

Green textSmall text on black

On black4.09:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -27

White text on Green (#FFFFFF)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Green appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#837200
  • Deuteranopia#776A18
  • Tritanopia#007C6C
  • Protanomaly#717500
  • Deuteranomaly#6B7013
  • Tritanomaly#007E4A
  • Achromatopsia#6D6D6D

Colors similar to Green

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Green in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.green {
  color: green; /* #008000 */
  background-color: rgb(0 128 0);
  border-color: oklch(52% 0.177 142.5);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-green-500, text-green-700... */
@theme {
  --color-green-50: #F5FDF4;
  --color-green-100: #E2F5E0;
  --color-green-200: #C7E9C3;
  --color-green-300: #99D893;
  --color-green-400: #58BF51;
  --color-green-500: #22AD1E;
  --color-green-600: #009900;
  --color-green-700: #008000;
  --color-green-800: #086506;
  --color-green-900: #0B5109;
  --color-green-950: #001D00;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#008000] text-[#FFFFFF]">…</div>