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Shamrock Palette

Shamrock Palette: #009E60, #9E003F, #009E10, #008E9E. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Shamrock Palette assigns primary #009E60, secondary #9E003F, surface #009E10, background #008E9E, accent #000000. The set spans Green, Pink, Cyan, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #009E60 at 0.253; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Shamrock Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#009E60Shamrock
Secondary#9E003F#9E003F
Surface#009E10#009E10
Background#008E9E#008E9E
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-shamrock-primary: #009E60;
--palette-shamrock-secondary: #9E003F;
--palette-shamrock-surface: #009E10;
--palette-shamrock-background: #008E9E;
--palette-shamrock-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Shamrock Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#009E60
Black 6.06:1 · White 3.47:1
Best #000000
Secondary#9E003F
Black 2.53:1 · White 8.31:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#009E10
Black 5.9:1 · White 3.56:1
Best #000000
Background#008E9E
Black 5.36:1 · White 3.92:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Shamrock Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Shamrock Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Shamrock Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.253
Black text6.06:1AA Pass
White text3.47:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#009E60",
    "name": "Shamrock"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9E003F",
    "name": "#9E003F"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#009E10",
    "name": "#009E10"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#008E9E",
    "name": "#008E9E"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#009E60",
    "name": "Shamrock",
    "blackContrast": 6.06,
    "whiteContrast": 3.47,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9E003F",
    "name": "#9E003F",
    "blackContrast": 2.53,
    "whiteContrast": 8.31,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#009E10",
    "name": "#009E10",
    "blackContrast": 5.9,
    "whiteContrast": 3.56,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#008E9E",
    "name": "#008E9E",
    "blackContrast": 5.36,
    "whiteContrast": 3.92,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "shamrock palette",
  "generated palette",
  "green palette",
  "pink palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-shamrock-primary: #009E60;\n--palette-shamrock-secondary: #9E003F;\n--palette-shamrock-surface: #009E10;\n--palette-shamrock-background: #008E9E;\n--palette-shamrock-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Shamrock Palette",
  "type": "generated",
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  "description": "Generated palette built from Shamrock, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Shamrock Palette combines primary #009E60, secondary #9E003F, surface #009E10, background #008E9E, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a green palette, pink palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
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    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
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    "CSS variables",
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    "AI color ingestion",
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  ],
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        31
      ],
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      ],
      "family": "green",
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      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.253,
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      },
      "wcag": {
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        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
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    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9E003F",
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      "name": "#9E003F",
      "rgb": [
        158,
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        100,
        31
      ],
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      ],
      "family": "pink",
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    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
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      "slug": null,
      "name": "#009E10",
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        0,
        158,
        16
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        126,
        100,
        31
      ],
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        0,
        90,
        38
      ],
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      "luminance": 0.2449,
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#008E9E",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#008E9E",
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        142,
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      "hsl": [
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        31
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        10,
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        38
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
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      "luminance": 0.2181,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.36,
        "white": 3.92
      },
      "wcag": {
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          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
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      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
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        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
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      ],
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          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
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      "name": "#9E003F"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#009E10",
      "name": "#009E10"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#008E9E",
      "name": "#008E9E"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
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    }
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      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
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      "name": "#9E003F",
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        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
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      "aaTextOptions": [
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        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
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    },
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        "#000000"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "hex": "#000000",
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      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
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        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
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