HEX atlas value

#008000

#008000 is a cool green HEX color nearest Green. RGB 0, 128, 0, HSL 120° 100% 25%, luminance 0.1544; view contrast and conversions.

green cool jewel-tone

#008000 Sample readable text

HEX #008000

RGB rgb(0, 128, 0)

HSL hsl(120 100% 25%)

CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 100, 50)

Luminance 0.1544

Contrast Black 4.09:1White 5.14:1

CSS

--color-008000: #008000;
.background-008000 { background-color: #008000; }
.text-008000 { color: #008000; }

HEX meaning and use

About #008000

#008000 is classified as a cool green value with jewel tone visual character. #008000 is visually closest to Green, a named green color with HEX #008000.

The RGB channels are 0, 128, and 0, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.1544, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.09:1AA Fail

White text5.14:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #008000 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.09:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.14:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#002400#002400 · #FFFFFF text · best 16.77:1 #00DB00#00DB00 · #000000 text · best 11.13:1 #80007F#80007F · #FFFFFF text · best 9.44:1 Terre Verte#385E0F · #FFFFFF text · best 7.56:1 Emerald Dark#046307 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.52:1

Generated Palette

Green#008000

#80007F#80007F

#408000#408000

#008040#008040

#00DB00#00DB00

#002400#002400

Color Harmonies

#80007F#80007F

#408000#408000

#008040#008040

Navy Blue#000080

Maroon#800000

Variants

#00DB00#00DB00

#002400#002400

Green#008000

#0E710E#0E710E

#13EC13#13EC13

#00A800#00A800

Nearest Named Colors

Green#008000

Dark Green#006400

Emerald Dark#046307

Forest Green#228B22

Terre Verte#385E0F

Luminance0.1544

Black text4.09:1AA Fail

White text5.14:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#008000","rgb":[0,128,0],"hsl":[120,100,25],"cmyk":[100,0,100,50],"luminance":0.1544,"contrast":{"black":4.09,"white":5.14}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.09,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.14,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#002400","hex":"#002400","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.25,"contrastWhite":16.77,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00DB00","hex":"#00DB00","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.13,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#80007F","hex":"#80007F","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.22,"contrastWhite":9.44,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Terre Verte","hex":"#385E0F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.78,"contrastWhite":7.56,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"Emerald Dark","hex":"#046307","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.79,"contrastWhite":7.52,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","jewel tone","jewel tone green","Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/008000.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/emerald-dark.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#80007F","analogous":["#408000","#008040"],"triadic":["#000080","#800000"],"tetradic":["#004080","#80007F","#804000"],"splitComplementary":["#400080","#800040"],"monochromatic":["#00DB00","#008000","#002400"]}

Variants

{"light":"#00DB00","dark":"#002400","saturated":"#008000","desaturated":"#0E710E","pastel":"#13EC13","neon":"#00A800"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"green","name":"Green","hex":"#008000","distance":0},{"slug":"dark-green","name":"Dark Green","hex":"#006400","distance":28},{"slug":"emerald-dark","name":"Emerald Dark","hex":"#046307","distance":30.099833886584822},{"slug":"forest-green","name":"Forest Green","hex":"#228B22","distance":49.3254498205541},{"slug":"terre-verte","name":"Terre Verte","hex":"#385E0F","distance":67.20863039818622}]

#008000

CSS

About #008000

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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