#00A956

sRGB · 0 / 169 / 86

#00A956 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 0 red, 169 green and 86 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 150.5° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 33.1% 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 (6.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 0, 169, 86
HSL: 150.53°, 100.00%, 33.14%
HSV / HSB: 150.53°, 100.00%, 66.27%
CMYK (approx.): 100.00%, 0.00%, 49.11%, 33.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 15.867, 29.047, 13.575
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 60.823, -55.821, 32.547
WCAG relative luminance: 0.29048
24-bit decimal: 43350

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 #00A956 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 · 6.81:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.08:1

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

#A90053 sits half a turn (180°) from #00A956 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.

#00A956 #A90053

Analogous

#00A901 and #00A7A9 sit 30° to either side of #00A956. 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.

#00A901 #00A956 #00A7A9

Triadic

#00A956, #5600A9 and #A95600 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#00A956 #5600A9 #A95600

Split complementary

Start at #00A956 and look across the wheel. #A900A7 and #A90200 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#00A956 #A900A7 #A90200

Square

Starting with #00A956, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0200A9, #A90053, then #A7A900. Across the square, #00A956 pairs with #A90053, and #0200A9 with #A7A900.

#00A956 #0200A9 #A90053 #A7A900

Tetradic

#00A956 and #A90053 are opposites, as are #0053A9 and #A95600. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#00A956 #0053A9 #A90053 #A95600

Tints

Mixing #00A956 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33BA78, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCEEDD, the mixture is 80% white.

#00A956 #33BA78 #66CB9A #99DDBB #CCEEDD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #00A956 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #008745, keeps 80% of the original. By #002211, the mixture is 80% black.

#00A956 #008745 #006534 #004422 #002211 #000000

Tones

Mixing #00A956 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1AA15E, keeps 80% of the original. By #668878, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#00A956 #1AA15E #339967 #4D906F #668878 #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

#00A956

RGB

rgb(0 169 86)

HSL

hsl(150.533 100.000% 33.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #00A956;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#00A956 uses 0 red, 169 green and 86 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.0%

Green 66.3%

Blue 33.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #00A956 is 100.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 49.1% yellow and 33.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 100.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 49.1%

Black 33.7%

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 #00A956 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

#00A956 #1C8D56 #387155 #555555 #713854 #8D1C54 #A90053

Color vision previews

Compare how #00A956 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.

#A99A4F

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.

#998E5C

Tritanopia

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

#00A695

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.

#8B9E54

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.

#83985A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#13A772

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#939393

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.

#6A9E79

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 0.39676 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 0.29428 G 0.65272 B 0.37102

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.07044 G 0.38359 B 0.11346

CIE xyY

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

x 0.271 y 0.497 Y 29.047

CMY

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

C % 100.000 M % 33.725 Y % 66.275

Binary RGB

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

00000000 10101001 01010110