#00A014

sRGB: 0 / 160 / 20

#00A014 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 0 red, 160 green and 20 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 127.5° lands in the green region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.04:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 0, 160, 20
HSL: 127.50°, 100.00%, 31.37%
HSV / HSB: 127.50°, 100.00%, 62.75%
CMYK (approx.): 100.00%, 0.00%, 87.50%, 37.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.697, 25.191, 4.855
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 57.261, -60.184, 55.396
WCAG relative luminance: 0.25192
24-bit decimal: 40980

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #00A014 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 6.04:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.48:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A0008C sits half a turn (180°) from #00A014 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#00A014 #A0008C

Analogous

#3CA000 and #00A064 sit 30° to either side of #00A014. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#3CA000 #00A014 #00A064

Triadic

#00A014, #1400A0 and #A01400 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#00A014 #1400A0 #A01400

Split complementary

Start at #00A014 and look across the wheel. #6400A0 and #A0003C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#00A014 #6400A0 #A0003C

Square

Starting with #00A014, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #003CA0, #A0008C, then #A06400. Across the square, #00A014 pairs with #A0008C, and #003CA0 with #A06400.

#00A014 #003CA0 #A0008C #A06400

Tetradic

#00A014 and #A0008C are opposites, as are #008CA0 and #A01400. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#00A014 #008CA0 #A0008C #A01400

Tints

Mixing #00A014 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33B343, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCECD0, the mixture is 80% white.

#00A014 #33B343 #66C672 #99D9A1 #CCECD0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #00A014 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #008010, keeps 80% of the original. By #002004, the mixture is 80% black.

#00A014 #008010 #00600C #004008 #002004 #000000

Tones

Mixing #00A014 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A9A2A, keeps 80% of the original. By #66866A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#00A014 #1A9A2A #33933F #4D8D55 #66866A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#00A014

RGB

rgb(0 160 20)

HSL

hsl(127.500 100.000% 31.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #00A014;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#00A014 uses 0 red, 160 green and 20 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.0%

Green 62.7%

Blue 7.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #00A014 is 100.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 87.5% yellow and 37.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 100.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 87.5%

Black 37.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #009911. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #091 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #00A014 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #009911 Nearest web-safe: #009900

Gradient to complement

#00A014 #1B8528 #356B3C #505050 #6B3564 #851B78 #A0008C

Color vision previews

Compare how #00A014 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A39000

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#958629

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#009B88

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#869404

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7F8F23

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#189D56

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#898989

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#639565

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00000 G 0.35153 B 0.00700

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.27711 G 0.61792 B 0.19583

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06241 G 0.33986 B 0.03182

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.297 y 0.589 Y 25.191

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 100.000 M % 37.255 Y % 92.157

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00000000 10100000 00010100