Green palettes

From sage and olive to emerald and acid. The most varied family in the library, and the one most tied to a mood.

Green, a reference greenGreen
#2E8B57
182 greens in the library

Pick any swatch to see its codes, its contrast and the palette it comes from.

01Put it to work

Can you read text on it?
White text looks like thisBig text only
Headlines and large labels are fine; small text will strain the eye. Contrast 4.2 to 1
Black text looks like thisEasy to read
Fine for body text and headlines. Contrast 4.6 to 1

Black text reads better here. The contrast number compares how light the text is with how light the colour behind it is. It runs from 1, where the text disappears, to 21, black on white. The web accessibility standard asks for at least 4.5 for normal text and 3 for big headlines.

Pick a swatch above to see it in its own palette, next to the colours it was chosen to sit with.

02Tints and shades

A ramp from 50 to 950 around #2E8B57, in equal perceptual steps, for backgrounds, borders and hover states. Click a step to copy it.

03162 palettes with green

04The styles that use it

Solarpunk8Frutiger Aero8Acid7Pixel Art7Digital Art6Cottagecore6Glitch5Sustainable Architecture5Art Nouveau5Neubrutalism4Cyber Minimalism4Grunge4Organic Architecture4Tropical Modernism4Popping Colors4Impressionism3Sculpture3Illustration3Pottery / Ceramics3Bubbleglam3Psychedelic3Kidcore3Mid-Century Modern3Flat Design3Cybercore3Brutalism3Graffiti / Street Art2Web 1.02Cyberpop2Skeuomorphism2Cyberpunk2Maximalism2Type Doodles2Surveillance2Corporate Memphis2Liminal Space2Socialist Modernism2Neo 3D2Romantasy2Painting1

And 66 more, in the palettes above.

05Questions

How many green colour palettes are there?

The Omoro library has 162 palettes with at least one green, across 182 distinct green swatches, each with its hex code.

What colours go with green?

In the library's palettes, green most often sits beside blue, yellow and orange, with black and white as the neutrals.

Which design styles use green?

Solarpunk, Frutiger Aero and Acid use it most. 106 styles use it in all.

Goes withBlue 43%Yellow 39%Orange 27%Red 23%Pink 20%Brown 17%

06Shades of green

Sage GreenOlive GreenForest GreenEmerald GreenMint GreenNeon GreenChartreuse
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