Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Traffic Green

Traffic Green is a jewel tone green color with HEX #008450. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 132, 80, HSL 156, 100%, 26%, cool temperature, and is useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes.

#008450 green cool jewel-tone
HEX #008450
RGB rgb(0, 132, 80)
HSL hsl(156 100% 26%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 39, 48)
Luminance 0.1708
Contrast Black 4.42:1White 4.76:1

CSS Utilities

--color-traffic-green: #008450;
.bg-traffic-green { background-color: #008450; }
.text-traffic-green { color: #008450; }
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
Luminance0.1708
Black text4.42:1AA Fail
White text4.76:1AA 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
{
  "hex": "#008450",
  "rgb": [
    0,
    132,
    80
  ],
  "hsl": [
    156,
    100,
    26
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    100,
    0,
    39,
    48
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1708,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 4.42,
    "white": 4.76
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#850035",
  "analogous": [
    "#00850D",
    "#007785"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#500085",
    "#855000"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#0D0085",
    "#850035",
    "#778500"
  ],
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    "#850077",
    "#850D00"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#00E087",
    "#008450",
    "#002918"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#00E087",
  "dark": "#002918",
  "saturated": "#008550",
  "desaturated": "#0F764D",
  "pastel": "#18EC97",
  "neon": "#00AD68"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#850035",
    "#00850D",
    "#007785"
  ],
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    "#0F764D",
    "#00E087"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#00E087",
    "#0F764D"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "bottle-green",
    "shamrock",
    "pine-green",
    "peacock-blue"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "traffic-green"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
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    "shamrock-vs-traffic-green",
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  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/jewel-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
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    "/wcag/traffic-green",
    "/css/colors/traffic-green",
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  ],
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    ],
    "narrower": [
      "/palettes/traffic-green"
    ],
    "related": [
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      "/compare/shamrock-vs-traffic-green",
      "/compare/traffic-green-vs-peacock-green",
      "/harmonies/traffic-green",
      "/wcag/traffic-green",
      "/css/colors/traffic-green",
      "/hex/008450"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "slug": "traffic-green",
  "name": "Traffic Green",
  "hex": "#008450",
  "uses": [
    "industrial design",
    "safety systems",
    "hardware palettes"
  ],
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      "utility",
      "visibility",
      "precision"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "transportation",
      "tools",
      "hardware",
      "signage"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "soft wellness palettes"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
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  "origin": {
    "type": "common",
    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design, material, cultural, and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "green",
  "temperature": "cool",
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    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "industrial-design",
    "safety-systems",
    "hardware-palettes",
    "utility",
    "visibility",
    "precision"
  ],
  "popularity": 84,
  "rgb": [
    0,
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    80
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    100,
    26
  ],
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    48
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1708,
  "contrast": {
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    "white": 4.76
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#850035",
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      "#00850D",
      "#007785"
    ],
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    ],
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    "pastel": "#18EC97",
    "neon": "#00AD68"
  },
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      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "AAA": []
  },
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    "variable": "--color-traffic-green: #008450;",
    "utility": ".bg-traffic-green { background-color: #008450; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-traffic-green { color: #008450; }"
  },
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    ],
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      "/wcag/traffic-green",
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      "/hex/008450"
    ]
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      "#FFFFFF",
      "#850035",
      "#00850D",
      "#007785"
    ],
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      "#0F764D",
      "#00E087"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
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      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
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      "#00E087",
      "#0F764D"
    ]
  }
}
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Color meaning and use

About Traffic Green Color

Traffic Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and jewel tone visual character. Traffic Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include utility, visibility, and precision, which makes it relevant for transportation and tools. In design work, Traffic Green is most useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Traffic Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #008450.Traffic Green CSS utilitiesUse Traffic Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#008450 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Traffic Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Traffic Green.Traffic Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Traffic Green against black and white text.

Black text4.42:1AA Fail
White text4.76:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Peacock Green#006D5B
Bottle Green#006A4E
Shamrock#009E60
Pine Green#01796F
Peacock Blue#005F69

Color Harmonies

#850035#850035
#00850D#00850D
#007785#007785
#500085#500085
#855000#855000
Open full Traffic Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#00E087#00E087
#002918#002918
#008550#008550
#0F764D#0F764D
#18EC97#18EC97
#00AD68#00AD68

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#850035#850035
#00850D#00850D
#007785#007785
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5