Sesame Street Green Color

#00a870

Sesame Street Green is soft, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #ff578f
Complementary Color #a80037
Color Shade: green cyan (160° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.94% (better contrasting with white)
Sesame Street Green Color Sample
Sesame Street Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00a870

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sesame Street Green Color. The Dòu Lǜ Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Observatory (#008f70) for more calm effect. Try Kabalite Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a80037 is the best complementary color to Sesame Street Green. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #00a870 complementary color is Burgundy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jade are #00a81c and #008ba8. Thus found on the left and right of #00a870 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Deep Cerulean colors as they work well with Sesame Street Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sesame Street Green palette consists of #a81c00 and #a8008b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a80037). Try Milano Red and Flirt colors in combination with #00a870, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #00a870 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sesame Street Green. Thus Pirate Gold and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sesame Street Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Burgundy, Dark Blue, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00a870 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sesame Street Green tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#a80037) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limeade – 120° from the complementary Burgundy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7000a8 and #37a800.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00a870 is made of 0% red, 60% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Sesame Street Green has a hue angle of 160°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 32.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00a870 is made of 65.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #00a870
RGB Decimal rgb(0,168,112)
RGB Percentage 0%, 60%, 40%
CMYK 65.88, 0, 21.96, 34.12
HSL hsl(160,100%,32.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(160,100%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.9359,-50.3095,18.8291)
XYZ xyz(16.9273,29.1751,20.0684)
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