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Moss Shadow Pure
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Moss Shadow Pure

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#328906
RGB
rgb(50, 137, 6)
HSL
hsl(100, 92%, 28%)
CMYK
cmyk(64%, 0%, 96%, 46%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 28%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
4.5:1AA Large
on black
4.7:1AA
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About this color

Moss Shadow Pure (#328906) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 92% saturation, 28% 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-shadow-pure: #328906;
  --colorarchive-moss-shadow-pure-hsl: hsl(100, 92%, 28%);
  --colorarchive-moss-shadow-pure-rgb: rgb(50, 137, 6);
}

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 #328906.

  • GitHubaccent
    Success Green · #2DA44E
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Green · #34A853
    →
  • Starbucksprimary
    Starbucks Green · #006241
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #328906.

  • IndiaIndia Green
    #138808 · Indian flag — Ashoka green
    →
  • BrazilAmazon Green
    #1B6D3F · Tropical rainforest canopy
    →
  • Greece (Aegean)Cypress Green
    #3E6B47 · Cupressus sempervirens
    →

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 Dusk Pure
#3CA607 · hsl(100, 92%, 34%)
Darker companion
Moss Nocturne Pure
#236204 · hsl(100, 92%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Shadow Pure
#5D0689 · hsl(280, 92%, 28%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Shadow Pure
#068906 · hsl(120, 92%, 28%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Shadow Pure
#688906 · hsl(75, 92%, 28%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Shadow Pure
#063289 · hsl(220, 92%, 28%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Shadow Pure
#890632 · hsl(340, 92%, 28%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Shadow Pure
#1C0689 · hsl(250, 92%, 28%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Shadow Pure
#890673 · hsl(310, 92%, 28%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Shadow Pure #328906
Lighter companion: Moss Dusk Pure #3CA607
Darker companion: Moss Nocturne Pure #236204
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Shadow Pure #5D0689
Analogous lead: Emerald Shadow Pure #068906
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Shadow Pure #688906
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Shadow Pure #063289
Triadic +240°: Garnet Shadow Pure #890632
Split-comp +150°: Violet Shadow Pure #1C0689
Split-comp +210°: Peony Shadow Pure #890673

Compare

See how Moss Shadow Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Dusk PurevsMoss Nocturne PurevsMulberry Shadow PurevsEmerald Shadow PurevsChartreuse Shadow PurevsCobalt Shadow Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Moss Shadow Bright
#33830B · hsl(100, 84%, 28%)
Nearby match
Moss Dusk Pure
#3CA607 · hsl(100, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Moss Nocturne Pure
#236204 · hsl(100, 92%, 20%)
Nearby match
Moss Dusk Bright
#3EA00E · hsl(100, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Moss Shadow Vivid
#367C13 · hsl(100, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Moss Nocturne Bright
#255E08 · hsl(100, 84%, 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
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Muted
#FAF9FB
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Dust
#FAF9FB
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Soft
#FAF8FC
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Clear
#FBF7FD
AA Large4.2:1
Mulberry Veil Vivid
#FBF6FE

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#5F584E
Protanopia
#646446
Tritanopia
#3A5D61
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