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Scale from white (50) through Shamrock (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #009E60
- RGB
- rgb(0, 158, 96)
- HSL
- hsl(156, 100%, 31%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.615 0.146 157)
- CMYK
- cmyk(100%, 0%, 39%, 38%)
--color-shamrockbg-[#009E60]Accessibility
Score: 39/100On White (#FFF)
3.47:1
On Black (#000)
6.06:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
3.18:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #009E60
color: #009E60
bg-[#009E60] text-[#000000]
border-left: 4px solid #009E60
Color Harmonies
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Green occupies the center of the visible spectrum where the eye is most sensitive, making it the easiest color to process — literally restful for the eye. Green's associations with nature, growth, and fresh produce are deeply biological, rooted in the evolutionary advantage of finding food. In finance, "going green" means profit. In design, green signals health, sustainability, and natural ingredients. Darker greens evoke prestige and reliability; lighter greens feel fresh and energetic; blue-greens feel sophisticated and trustworthy. Green is uniquely cross-cultural in positive associations, though it represents environmental risk in some financial contexts. Its deeper, richer tone gives it gravitas and sophistication, making it well-suited for primary brand colors, typography, and contexts where authority matters.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Shamrock is applied in professional design.
- Financial services and investment platforms
- Health, wellness, and organic food brands
- Environmental and sustainability organizations
- Pharmaceutical and medical products
- Agriculture and farming brands
- Eco-friendly consumer goods
- Real estate and property development
- Success and achievement badges in UI
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Fails AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Passes AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Meets 1.4.11
3:1 for non-text UI
Shamrock is a light color. Use black (#000000) text on top of it for maximum readability (6.06:1). Avoid white text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #009E60;Text
color: #009E60;Border
border: 2px solid #009E60;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #009E6040;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009E60, #52d08e);Tailwind-style
--color-shamrock: #009E60;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Shamrock without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#009E60]Text
text-[#009E60]Border
border-[#009E60]Ring
ring-[#009E60]Fill
fill-[#009E60]From (gradient)
from-[#009E60]Via (gradient)
via-[#009E60]To (gradient)
to-[#009E60]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Shamrock design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-shamrock: #009E60;
--color-shamrock-rgb: 0, 158, 96;
--color-shamrock-hsl: 156, 100%, 31%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-shamrock: #009E60; $color-shamrock-rgb: 0, 158, 96; $color-shamrock-hsl: 156, 100%, 31%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'shamrock': '#009E60',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-shamrock: #009E60;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"shamrock": {
"value": "#009E60",
"type": "color",
"description": "Shamrock — #009E60"
}
}More green colors
View all →What Does Shamrock Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
The psychology of Shamrock runs through two distinct channels: the primal register of growth and nature, and the cultural layer of health, prosperity, and permission. At #009E60, this shade settles into growth—drawing on both channels to create a response that's stable, reassuring, and positive.
- Across color psychology research, green consistently tests high for "health" associations, making Shamrock a reliable vehicle for growth in cross-demographic audiences.
- Brand designers draw on green-family tones to project trustworthiness and reliability—values that Shamrock communicates in a deep key.
- At 100% saturation, Shamrock reads as vivid—Electric and lime greens are among the most energetic hues in the spectrum—striking, modern, and attention-commanding, used in sports, gaming, and tech-forward branding.
- Shamrock's deep lightness (31%) shifts its psychological register: Forest and hunter greens project gravitas, tradition, and wealth—the preferred territory for luxury brands, financial institutions, and premium environmental products.
The enduring power of Shamrock is that it never needs to explain itself—growth, health, and permission are universally understood.
How to Use Shamrock in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
The design applications of Shamrock span from digital UI states to full brand identity systems. Its vivid saturation (100%) means it reads as a high-energy presence that demands attention in any composition in both contexts—strong accents, headers, and primary brand applications where visual authority is required in background uses, more active as an accent.
- Avoid: warning or danger contexts (except for safety signs), over-saturated versions in premium luxury branding, and contexts requiring urgency.
- Color harmonies: Shamrock's complementary color creates a high-energy split ideal for promotional design; its analogous palette (±30° hue) builds cohesive, monochromatic sophistication.
- Proportional use: Shamrock's vivid saturation (100%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
- Shamrock creates strong legibility with black text overlays (6.1:1 contrast ratio), making it a reliable background or surface color in design systems
- Typography: Shamrock as text requires a dark background; its 31% lightness means it provides 3.5:1 contrast on white, not meeting WCAG AA.
The enduring power of Shamrock is that it never needs to explain itself—growth, health, and permission are universally understood.
Shamrock Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Shamrock (#009E60) reaches 6.06:1 contrast with black text—meeting WCAG 2.1 AA minimum of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. It clears standard production accessibility requirements. Relative luminance: 25.3%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 3.47:1 — AA (large text only)
- As text on black (#000000): 6.06:1 — AA ✓
- Best text color on Shamrock background: Black (#000000) at 6.06:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 25.3% — mid-range luminance—it sits in the transition zone where both dark and light text approaches require testing against the 4.5:1 WCAG threshold
- Shamrock qualifies for normal body text and all larger sizes (AA).
Shamrock's WCAG profile makes it a compliant choice for most text applications.
Shamrock in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Shamrock (#009E60) is most at home in industries where growth, nature, health, and balance are key brand values. Its deep quality makes it particularly effective in Healthcare & Wellness contexts, where the vivid saturation signals balance at exactly the right register.
- Healthcare & Wellness: Green's association with health, nature, and healing makes it the second-most-common color in healthcare branding (after blue). It signals vitality, recovery, and natural wellness without the clinical coldness of pure white or blue. (examples: Headspace, One Medical, Kaiser Permanente) Works best in teal-green and sage variations for digital health products; more saturated greens suit fitness and sports medicine.
- Finance & Banking: In Western markets, the green-money association is deeply embedded. Financial institutions use dark, sophisticated greens to communicate growth, prosperity, and fiduciary reliability. It's equally effective for positive portfolio indicators and "go" confirmation states in trading UIs. (examples: Capital One, PayPal, Visa) Dark greens with gold accents signal premium financial services; bright greens in fintech apps signal growth metrics.
- Sustainability & Organic: Green is the categorical color of environmental consciousness. Sustainability brands, organic food labels, and clean-energy companies use it as an immediate, unambiguous signal of ecological values and natural origin. (examples: Patagonia, Allbirds, Grove Collaborative) The challenge is differentiation—nearly every sustainability brand uses green, so typography, illustration style, and specific tone matter more.
- Brand positioning: Shamrock is best suited for brands projecting trustworthiness, reliability, growth. Categories outside this positioning—warning or danger contexts (except for safety signs)—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Shamrock works effectively in financial dashboards, nature and outdoor products, health and wellness UIs—contexts where balance serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
The industries where Shamrock performs best are those where the audience expects balance. Build brand strategy around this alignment, not against it.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Shamrock? ▾
- The hex code for Shamrock is #009E60. Its RGB values are rgb(0, 158, 96) and its HSL values are hsl(156, 100%, 31%).
- What does Shamrock mean in design? ▾
- Green occupies the center of the visible spectrum where the eye is most sensitive, making it the easiest color to process — literally restful for the eye. Green's associations with nature, growth, and fresh produce are deeply biological, rooted in the evolutionary advantage of finding food. In finance, "going green" means profit. In design, green signals health, sustainability, and natural ingredients. Darker greens evoke prestige and reliability; lighter greens feel fresh and energetic; blue-greens feel sophisticated and trustworthy. Green is uniquely cross-cultural in positive associations, though it represents environmental risk in some financial contexts. Its deeper, richer tone gives it gravitas and sophistication, making it well-suited for primary brand colors, typography, and contexts where authority matters.
- Is Shamrock WCAG accessible? ▾
- Shamrock (#009E60) passes WCAG AA-large on white with a 3.47:1 contrast ratio. Its overall accessibility score is 39/100.
- What colors go well with Shamrock? ▾
- Shamrock pairs well with its complementary color Queen Pink (#E8CCD7). Analogous colors like Hunter Green and Feldgrau also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Shamrock used for? ▾
- Shamrock is commonly used for: Financial services and investment platforms; Health, wellness, and organic food brands; Environmental and sustainability organizations; Pharmaceutical and medical products; Agriculture and farming brands.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Shamrock? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #009E60` or `background-color: #009E60`. The CSS custom property is `--color-shamrock: #009E60`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#009E60]` for backgrounds or `text-[#009E60]` for text.