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Moss Nocturne Vivid
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Moss Nocturne Vivid

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#26590D
RGB
rgb(38, 89, 13)
HSL
hsl(100, 74%, 20%)
CMYK
cmyk(57%, 0%, 85%, 65%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 20%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
8.3:1AA
on black
2.5:1Fail
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About this color

Moss Nocturne Vivid (#26590D) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 74% saturation, 20% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-moss-nocturne-vivid: #26590D;
  --colorarchive-moss-nocturne-vivid-hsl: hsl(100, 74%, 20%);
  --colorarchive-moss-nocturne-vivid-rgb: rgb(38, 89, 13);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

PrestigiousTimelessAuthoritative
Common in

Banking · Law Firms · Luxury Real Estate

Pairs well with

Gold, ivory, or warm white for classic elegance

Design tip

Excellent for dark mode themes and premium interfaces. Deep green with gold accents creates an instantly luxurious feel.

Cultural context ▶

Deep greens like forest and hunter green evoke tradition, wealth, and the British countryside. Common in Ivy League branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A jewel tone — saturated and dark at once. This is the register of velvet, deep enamel, and old-world luxury.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #26590D.

  • Starbucksprimary
    Starbucks Green · #006241
    →
  • Airbnbneutral
    Hof Gray · #484848
    →
  • Xiaohongshu 小红书neutral
    Slate Text · #333333
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #26590D.

  • England (London)Pub Tile Green
    #1F4D2E · Victorian pub interior dado tiling
    →
  • BrazilAmazon Green
    #1B6D3F · Tropical rainforest canopy
    →
  • ScandinaviaForest Green
    #3D5B49 · Spruce / fir forest in winter light
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Moss Shadow Vivid
#367C13 · hsl(100, 74%, 28%)
Darker companion
Moss Ink Vivid
#1B3E09 · hsl(100, 74%, 14%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Nocturne Vivid
#400D59 · hsl(280, 74%, 20%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Nocturne Vivid
#0D590D · hsl(120, 74%, 20%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Nocturne Vivid
#46590D · hsl(75, 74%, 20%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Nocturne Vivid
#0D2659 · hsl(220, 74%, 20%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Nocturne Vivid
#590D26 · hsl(340, 74%, 20%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Nocturne Vivid
#1A0D59 · hsl(250, 74%, 20%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Nocturne Vivid
#590D4C · hsl(310, 74%, 20%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Nocturne Vivid #26590D
Lighter companion: Moss Shadow Vivid #367C13
Darker companion: Moss Ink Vivid #1B3E09
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Nocturne Vivid #400D59
Analogous lead: Emerald Nocturne Vivid #0D590D
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Nocturne Vivid #46590D
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Nocturne Vivid #0D2659
Triadic +240°: Garnet Nocturne Vivid #590D26
Split-comp +150°: Violet Nocturne Vivid #1A0D59
Split-comp +210°: Peony Nocturne Vivid #590D4C

Compare

See how Moss Nocturne Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Shadow VividvsMoss Ink VividvsMulberry Nocturne VividvsEmerald Nocturne VividvsChartreuse Nocturne VividvsCobalt Nocturne Vivid

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Moss Ink Vivid
#1B3E09 · hsl(100, 74%, 14%)
Nearby match
Moss Nocturne Bright
#255E08 · hsl(100, 84%, 20%)
Nearby match
Moss Shadow Vivid
#367C13 · hsl(100, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Moss Nocturne Pure
#236204 · hsl(100, 92%, 20%)
Nearby match
Moss Ink Bright
#1A4206 · hsl(100, 84%, 14%)
Nearby match
Moss Nocturne Clear
#2A4F17 · hsl(100, 54%, 20%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.9:1
Mulberry Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AAA7.9:1
Mulberry Veil Muted
#FAF9FB
AAA7.9:1
Mulberry Veil Dust
#FAF9FB
AAA7.9:1
Mulberry Veil Soft
#FAF8FC
AAA7.9:1
Mulberry Veil Clear
#FBF7FD
AAA7.8:1
Mulberry Veil Vivid
#FBF6FE

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#3F3B33
Protanopia
#42422E
Tritanopia
#2A3C3F
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