#00A256

sRGB · 0 / 162 / 86

#00A256 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 0 red, 162 green and 86 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 151.9° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.8% 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 (6.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 0, 162, 86
HSL: 151.85°, 100.00%, 31.76%
HSV / HSB: 151.85°, 100.00%, 63.53%
CMYK (approx.): 100.00%, 0.00%, 46.91%, 36.47%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 14.599, 26.511, 13.152
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 58.519, -53.429, 29.623
WCAG relative luminance: 0.26513
24-bit decimal: 41558

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 #00A256 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 · 6.30:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.33:1

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. 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

#A2004C sits half a turn (180°) from #00A256 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.

#00A256 #A2004C

Analogous

#00A205 and #009DA2 sit 30° to either side of #00A256. 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.

#00A205 #00A256 #009DA2

Triadic

#00A256, #5600A2 and #A25600 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#00A256 #5600A2 #A25600

Split complementary

Start at #00A256 and look across the wheel. #A2009D and #A20500 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#00A256 #A2009D #A20500

Square

Starting with #00A256, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0500A2, #A2004C, then #9DA200. Across the square, #00A256 pairs with #A2004C, and #0500A2 with #9DA200.

#00A256 #0500A2 #A2004C #9DA200

Tetradic

#00A256 and #A2004C are opposites, as are #004CA2 and #A25600. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#00A256 #004CA2 #A2004C #A25600

Tints

Mixing #00A256 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33B578, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCECDD, the mixture is 80% white.

#00A256 #33B578 #66C79A #99DABB #CCECDD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #00A256 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #008245, keeps 80% of the original. By #002011, the mixture is 80% black.

#00A256 #008245 #006134 #004122 #002011 #000000

Tones

Mixing #00A256 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A9B5E, keeps 80% of the original. By #668778, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#00A256 #1A9B5E #339467 #4D8E6F #668778 #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

#00A256

RGB

rgb(0 162 86)

HSL

hsl(151.852 100.000% 31.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #00A256;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#00A256 uses 0 red, 162 green and 86 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.0%

Green 63.5%

Blue 33.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #00A256 is 100.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 46.9% yellow and 36.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 100.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 46.9%

Black 36.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00AA55. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0A5 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #00A256 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #00AA55 Nearest web-safe · #009966

Gradient to complement

#00A256 #1B8754 #366C53 #515151 #6C364F #871B4E #A2004C

Color vision previews

Compare how #00A256 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.

#A29350

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.

#93885B

Tritanopia

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

#00A090

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.

#859754

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.

#7D925A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#11A06F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#8D8D8D

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.

#669875

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 0.36131 B 0.09306

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 0.28092 G 0.62565 B 0.36698

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.06415 G 0.34931 B 0.11089

CIE xyY

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

x 0.269 y 0.489 Y 26.511

CMY

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

C % 100.000 M % 36.471 Y % 66.275

Binary RGB

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

00000000 10100010 01010110