Green

DarkGreen

#006400
HEX
#006400
RGB
rgb(0, 100, 0)
HSL
hsl(120, 100%, 20%)

Green family

About DarkGreen

DarkGreen (#006400) is a very dark, vivid green. Green sits at the center of the spectrum and is the color most associated with nature, growth and balance, giving this shade a calm, refreshing character.

Psychology

Green is restful and reassuring. It is strongly tied to health, growth and money, and because the eye processes green easily it can reduce visual fatigue and promote a sense of balance.

Applications

Green is everywhere in health, wellness, finance, environmental and organic brands. It works for success states and confirmations in UI, and its many shades range from fresh spring accents to deep, premium forest tones.

History

Greens were historically difficult to produce; early pigments like verdigris and malachite were unstable or toxic. A breakthrough came with Scheele’s green and later chrome green in the 18th and 19th centuries, which popularized the color despite some toxicity concerns.

Meaning

Green symbolizes nature, renewal, safety and prosperity across most cultures. It also means “go” in signaling and is the color of many environmental and religious movements.

Why use this color

Choose green for brands that want to feel natural, healthy, trustworthy or financially sound. It is a versatile hue that works equally well as a calm background or a vibrant accent.

Accessibility

Against white, #006400 has a 7.4:1 contrast ratio; against black it is 2.8:1. White text on #006400 meets WCAG AA for normal text.

Fun facts

  • The human eye distinguishes more shades of green than any other color.
  • Green is used for night-vision displays because the eye is most sensitive to green light.
  • Many early green pigments were toxic, including Scheele’s green, which contained arsenic.

Shades, tints & tones

Variations

Ten lightness steps plus DarkGreen's tints, shades and tones — every swatch copies its hex on click.

Lightness scale

Tints (toward white)

Shades (toward black)

Tones (toward gray)

Color theory

Color harmonies

Proven schemes built around DarkGreen. Each swatch is one click from your clipboard.

Complementary

#006600#660066

Analogous

#336600#006600#006633

Triadic

#006600#000066#660000

Split-complementary

#006600#330066#660033

Tetradic

#006600#003366#660066#663300

Monochromatic

#004d00#00a300#00ff00#5cff5c#b3ffb3

Accessibility

Blindness simulator

See how DarkGreen is perceived with common types of color vision deficiency.

#006400

Normal vision

Standard trichromatic vision, shown for reference.

#665900

Protanopia

Red-blind. Reds look darker and can be confused with greens and browns.

#5d5311

Deuteranopia

Green-blind. Greens look muted and can be confused with reds and browns.

#006154

Tritanopia

Blue-blind. Blues look greenish and yellows fade toward pink.

#555555

Achromatopsia

Complete color blindness. Everything is seen in shades of gray.

WCAG

Contrast checker

How DarkGreen performs against black and white text, with WCAG AA and AAA ratings.

AaWhite on DarkGreen
7.44:1
AAAAAAA LargeAAA Large
AaBlack on DarkGreen
2.82:1
AAAAAAA LargeAAA Large

The ratio is identical whether DarkGreen is used as the text or the background.

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Color palettes

Curated palettes that put DarkGreen to work, with copy-all support for each.

Complementary

Roughly 180° across the wheel from #006400 (hue 120°) sits #660066, held together by the #0bda0b tint and the neutrals #f4f4f5 and #18181b.

Analogous

#006400 with its two closest neighbours, #336600 and #006633, for a 100%-saturation run that stays inside one family; #0bda0b and #000000 add depth without breaking it.

Triadic

#006400 plus #000066 and #660000, a triangle that sits 120° apart at every corner, with #f4f4f5 and #18181b doing the quiet work underneath.

Monochromatic

One hue at 5 lightness steps: #ebffeb through #001f00, starting from #006400 at 20% lightness.

DarkGreen (#006400) is a green-family color. Use its values, variations, harmonies and palettes above to put it to work in your next design.

Frequently asked questions

DarkGreen is #006400 — rgb(0, 100, 0) / hsl(120, 100%, 20%). DarkGreen (#006400) is a very dark, vivid green. Green sits at the center of the spectrum and is the color most associated with nature, growth and balance, giving this shade a calm, refreshing character.

Good to know

  • DarkGreen is one of 609 named colors in the library.
  • Its complementary hue sits 180° away on the color wheel: #660066.

More color tools

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