Blinking Terminal Color

#66cc00

Blinking Terminal is vivid, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #93f
Complementary Color #6500cc
Color Shade: cool yellow (90° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Blinking Terminal Color Sample
Blinking Terminal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #66cc00

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Blinking Terminal Color. The Sparkling Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Furious Frog (#55ee00) for more calm effect. Try Appetizing Asparagus as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6500cc is the best complementary color to Blinking Terminal. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c0 complementary color is Purple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #cbcc00 and #0c0. Thus found on the left and right of #6c0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rio Grande and White colors as they work well with Blinking Terminal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blinking Terminal palette consists of #cc00cb and #00c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6500cc). Try Purple Pizzazz and White colors in combination with #6c0, 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 #6c0 offers a combination of warm magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blinking Terminal. Thus White and Science Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blinking Terminal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Purple, Robin's Egg Blue, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c0 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, mid cyan, warm blue and mid red 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. Blinking Terminal tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#6500cc) and two others. The Science Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Purple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0065cc and #c60.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #66cc00 is made of 33% red, 67% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Blinking Terminal has a hue angle of 90°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #66cc00 is made of 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 80% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #66cc00
RGB Decimal rgb(102,204,0)
RGB Percentage 33%, 67%, 0%
CMYK 40, 0, 80, 20
HSL hsl(90,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(90,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.5524,-57.0243,72.5841)
XYZ xyz(27.0724,46.0105,7.4541)
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