Palettes / Colors / #00A861

#00A861 — Vivid Green

#00A861 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Teal (#008080). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: teal (#008080) — not an exact match. CSS teal gives you #008080, a different color; use #00A861 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#00A861 is a cool green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A80046; it also sits naturally between #00A80E and #009AA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 66% · Blue 38%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 42% · Key 34%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #00A861

.text { color: #00A861; }
.background { background-color: #00A861; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A861; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 168, 97); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(155, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A861; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 168, 97, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A861; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 168, 97, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A861">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A861">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A80046:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #00A861: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A861

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #00A861 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A861 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A860  ·  #00A862 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A861?

#00A861 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 0, 168, 97). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A861?

#00A861 is RGB 0, 168, 97 — HSL 155°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 42%, 34%.

What colors go with #00A861?

Its complement is #A80046; analogous partners are #00A80E and #009AA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A861 for text?

Black text on #00A861 has a contrast ratio of 6.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.10:1.