What color is #00BB00?

#00BB00 is a dark, vivid green known as Green Glimmer. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Green Glimmer?

The RGB value is 0, 187, 0: 0 red, 187 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Green Glimmer?

The complementary color is #BB00BB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #00BB00?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.11:1 and white text 2.59:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Green Glimmer color: hex code #00BB00

#00BB00 rgb(0, 187, 0)

Shades of green

Green Glimmer has the hex code #00BB00. It is a dark, vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 0% red, 73.3% green and 0% blue (0, 187, 0).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 100% saturation and 37% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 27% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.11:1).

Green Glimmer (#00BB00) color codes

HEX	`#00BB00`
RGB	`rgb(0, 187, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(0%, 73.3%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 100%, 37%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 100%, 73%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 100%, 27%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.17, -68.26, 65.88)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.17, 94.87, 136.02)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.769, 35.538, 5.923)`
Decimal	`47872`
Short hex	`#0B0`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Green Glimmer, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #00BB00	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.11:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#00BB00 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.59:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.11:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #00BB00 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #00bb00; }
.text { color: #00bb00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00bb00; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(0 187 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #00bb00, #00bb5e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #00BB00 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #00BB00?: #00BB00 is a dark, vivid green known as Green Glimmer. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Green Glimmer?: The RGB value is 0, 187, 0: 0 red, 187 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Green Glimmer?: The complementary color is #BB00BB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #00BB00?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.11:1 and white text 2.59:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.