Cathode Green Color

#00ff55

Cathode Green is vivid, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #f0a
Complementary Color #ff00a9
Color Shade: cool green (140° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with black)
Cathode Green Color Sample
Cathode Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00ff55

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Cathode Green Color. The Synthetic Spearmint color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spring Green (#00ff7c) for more calm effect. Try Minty Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ff00a9 is the best complementary color to Cathode Green. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0f5 complementary color is Hollywood Cerise, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #2aff00 and #00ffd4. Thus found on the left and right of #0f5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Harlequin and Bright Turquoise colors as they work well with Cathode Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cathode Green palette consists of #ff002a and #d400ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff00a9). Try Torch Red and Electric Violet colors in combination with #0f5, 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 #0f5 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cathode Green. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cathode Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hollywood Cerise, Blue, and Gold split by 90° on the color wheel. #0f5 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm 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. Cathode Green tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#ff00a9) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lime – 120° from the complementary Hollywood Cerise. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #50f and #a9ff00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00ff55 is made of 0% red, 75% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Cathode Green has a hue angle of 140°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00ff55 is made of 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #00ff55
RGB Decimal rgb(0,255,85)
RGB Percentage 0%, 75%, 25%
CMYK 100, 0, 66.67, 0
HSL hsl(140,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(140,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.0532,-82.1126,64.6715)
XYZ xyz(37.3997,72.1759,20.5545)
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