Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Peacock Green

Peacock Green is a dark cyan color with HEX #006D5B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 109, 91, HSL 170, 100%, 21%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#006D5B cyan cool dark
HEX #006D5B
RGB rgb(0, 109, 91)
HSL hsl(170 100% 21%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 17, 57)
Luminance 0.1169
Contrast Black 3.34:1White 6.29:1

CSS Utilities

--color-peacock-green: #006D5B;
.bg-peacock-green { background-color: #006D5B; }
.text-peacock-green { color: #006D5B; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1169
Black text3.34:1AA Fail
White text6.29:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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  "hex": "#006D5B",
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    0,
    109,
    91
  ],
  "hsl": [
    170,
    100,
    21
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    17,
    57
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1169,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 3.34,
    "white": 6.29
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#6B0012",
  "analogous": [
    "#006B24",
    "#00476B"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#59006B",
    "#6B5900"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#24006B",
    "#6B0012",
    "#476B00"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#6B0047",
    "#6B2400"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#00C7A6",
    "#006D5B",
    "#000F0D"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#00C7A6",
  "dark": "#000F0D",
  "saturated": "#006B59",
  "desaturated": "#0C5F51",
  "pastel": "#12D9B8",
  "neon": "#00947B"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#6B0012",
    "#006B24",
    "#00476B"
  ],
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    "#0C5F51",
    "#00C7A6"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#00C7A6",
    "#0C5F51"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "bottle-green",
    "peacock-blue",
    "petrol-blue",
    "pine-green",
    "traffic-green"
  ],
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    "peacock-green"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
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    "peacock-blue-vs-peacock-green",
    "petrol-blue-vs-peacock-green",
    "traffic-green-vs-peacock-green"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/dark"
  ],
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    "/wcag/peacock-green",
    "/css/colors/peacock-green",
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  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
      "/colors/by-tone/dark"
    ],
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    ],
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      "/compare/peacock-blue-vs-peacock-green",
      "/compare/petrol-blue-vs-peacock-green",
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      "/harmonies/peacock-green",
      "/wcag/peacock-green",
      "/css/colors/peacock-green",
      "/hex/006d5b"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Peacock Green",
  "hex": "#006D5B",
  "uses": [
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    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "life",
      "seasonality",
      "organic texture"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "strict grayscale systems"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
    "type": "common",
    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design, material, cultural, and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "cyan",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "dark"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "natural-product-design",
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    "life",
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    "organic-texture"
  ],
  "popularity": 84,
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    91
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    100,
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  },
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      "#00476B"
    ],
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    "pastel": "#12D9B8",
    "neon": "#00947B"
  },
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      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
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  },
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  },
  "nearestColors": [
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    "petrol-blue",
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    "petrol-blue-vs-peacock-green",
    "traffic-green-vs-peacock-green"
  ],
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  ],
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      "/compare/petrol-blue-vs-peacock-green",
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      "/css/colors/peacock-green",
      "/hex/006d5b"
    ]
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      "#00476B"
    ],
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      "#0C5F51",
      "#00C7A6"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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    "highContrast": [
      "#FFFFFF"
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      "#00C7A6",
      "#0C5F51"
    ]
  }
}
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Color meaning and use

About Peacock Green Color

Peacock Green sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and dark visual character. Peacock Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Peacock Green is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Dark colorsFind colors with dark visual character.Peacock Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #006D5B.Peacock Green CSS utilitiesUse Peacock Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#006D5B HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Peacock Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Peacock Green.Peacock Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Peacock Green against black and white text.

Black text3.34:1AA Fail
White text6.29:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Bottle Green#006A4E
Peacock Blue#005F69
Petrol Blue#005F6A
Pine Green#01796F
Traffic Green#008450

Color Harmonies

#6B0012#6B0012
#006B24#006B24
#00476B#00476B
#59006B#59006B
#6B5900#6B5900
Open full Peacock Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#00C7A6#00C7A6
#000F0D#000F0D
#006B59#006B59
#0C5F51#0C5F51
#12D9B8#12D9B8
#00947B#00947B

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#6B0012#6B0012
#006B24#006B24
#00476B#00476B
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5