#00A245 colour

#00A245 is a dark green close to CSS forestgreen: RGB 0, 162, 69, HSL 146, 100%, 32%. Black text passes AA (6.25:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#00A245

Nearest CSS name: forestgreen #228b22 (not an exact match)
Described as: a dark green
Red, green, blue: 0, 162, 69
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2627 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#00a245`
RGB	`rgb(0, 162, 69)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(0% 63.5% 27.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(145.6, 100%, 31.8%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(145.6, 100%, 63.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(145.6 0% 36.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 57%, 36%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(58.29% -52.69 37.13)`
OKLCH	`oklch(62.18% 0.1756 148.97)`
Decimal	`41541`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 3.36:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 6.25:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	3.36:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	6.25:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #00A245 (6.25:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#17aa56 18%#2eb367 27%#46bb78 36%#5dc489 45%#74cc9a 55%#8bd5aa 64%#a2ddbb 73%#b9e6cc 82%#d1eedd 91%#e8f7ee

9%#00933f 18%#008538 27%#007632 36%#00672c 45%#005826 55%#004a1f 64%#003b19 73%#002c13 82%#001d0d 91%#000f06

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#00a245 #a2005d

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#0ca200 #00a245 #00a296

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#00a245 #4500a2 #a24500

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#00a245 #9600a2 #a2000c

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#00a245 #000ca2 #a2005d #a29600

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#00a245 Protanopia#a3933c Deuteranopia#94884c Tritanopia#009f8d Achromatopsia#8c8c8c

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #00a245;`
Background	`background-color: #00a245;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #00a245;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(0 162 69 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #00a245;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a245, #006129);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #66c78f, #00a245);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #00a245; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #00A245 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.