#00A472

sRGB · 0 / 164 / 114

#00A472 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 0 red, 164 green and 114 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 161.7° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 32.2% 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 (6.55:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 0, 164, 114
HSL: 161.71°, 100.00%, 32.16%
HSV / HSB: 161.71°, 100.00%, 64.31%
CMYK (approx.): 100.00%, 0.00%, 30.49%, 35.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.312, 27.765, 20.420
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.675, -48.327, 16.004
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27766
24-bit decimal: 42098

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 #00A472 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 · 6.55:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.20:1

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

#A40032 sits half a turn (180°) from #00A472 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.

#00A472 #A40032

Analogous

#00A420 and #0084A4 sit 30° to either side of #00A472. 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.

#00A420 #00A472 #0084A4

Triadic

#00A472, #7200A4 and #A47200 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#00A472 #7200A4 #A47200

Split complementary

Start at #00A472 and look across the wheel. #A40084 and #A42000 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#00A472 #A40084 #A42000

Square

Starting with #00A472, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #2000A4, #A40032, then #84A400. Across the square, #00A472 pairs with #A40032, and #2000A4 with #84A400.

#00A472 #2000A4 #A40032 #84A400

Tetradic

#00A472 and #A40032 are opposites, as are #0032A4 and #A47200. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#00A472 #0032A4 #A40032 #A47200

Tints

Mixing #00A472 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33B68E, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCEDE3, the mixture is 80% white.

#00A472 #33B68E #66C8AA #99DBC7 #CCEDE3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #00A472 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #00835B, keeps 80% of the original. By #002117, the mixture is 80% black.

#00A472 #00835B #006244 #00422E #002117 #000000

Tones

Mixing #00A472 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A9D75, keeps 80% of the original. By #66877D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#00A472 #1A9D75 #339678 #4D8E7A #66877D #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

#00A472

RGB

rgb(0 164 114)

HSL

hsl(161.707 100.000% 32.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #00A472;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#00A472 uses 0 red, 164 green and 114 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.0%

Green 64.3%

Blue 44.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #00A472 is 100.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 30.5% yellow and 35.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 100.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 30.5%

Black 35.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00AA77. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0A7 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #00A472 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #00AA77 Nearest web-safe · #009966

Gradient to complement

#00A472 #1B8967 #376D5D #525252 #6D3747 #891B3D #A40032

Color vision previews

Compare how #00A472 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.

#A1976F

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.

#918B75

Tritanopia

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

#00A497

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.

#849A71

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.

#7B9474

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#08A380

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#909090

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.

#689A82

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 0.37124 B 0.16827

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 0.28474 G 0.63339 B 0.46146

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.06591 G 0.35891 B 0.18009

CIE xyY

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

x 0.253 y 0.430 Y 27.765

CMY

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

C % 100.000 M % 35.686 Y % 55.294

Binary RGB

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

00000000 10100100 01110010