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Clover Nocturne Vivid
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Clover Nocturne Vivid

Green · Hue 115
Metrics
S 74% · L 20%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white8.5:1AAon black2.5:1Fail
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About this color

Clover Nocturne Vivid (#14590D) belongs to the green family — hue 115°, 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-clover-nocturne-vivid: #14590D;
  --colorarchive-clover-nocturne-vivid-hsl: hsl(115, 74%, 20%);
  --colorarchive-clover-nocturne-vivid-rgb: rgb(20, 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 long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of 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 (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. 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 #14590D.

  • Starbucksprimary
    Starbucks Green · #006241
    →
  • Xiaohongshu 小红书neutral
    Slate Text · #333333
    →
  • JD.com 京东neutral
    Slate · #333333
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #14590D.

  • 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
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using green and color in design.

UI DesignColor in Financial UI: Trust, Data Visualization, and the Red/Green ConventionColor History1970s Earth Tone Colors: Harvest Gold, Avocado Green & Burnt Orange PalettesBrand & MarketingStartup Brand Color: How to Build a Color Identity That Scales

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
Clover Shadow Vivid
#1B7C13 · hsl(115, 74%, 28%)
Darker companion
Clover Ink Vivid
#0E3E09 · hsl(115, 74%, 14%)
Complementary counterpoint
Magenta Nocturne Vivid
#4C0D59 · hsl(290, 74%, 20%)
Analogous lead
Seafoam Nocturne Vivid
#0D5926 · hsl(140, 74%, 20%)
Analogous echo
Lime Nocturne Vivid
#33590D · hsl(90, 74%, 20%)
Triadic +120°
Indigo Nocturne Vivid
#0D1A59 · hsl(230, 74%, 20%)
Triadic +240°
Crimson Nocturne Vivid
#590D0D · hsl(0, 74%, 20%)
Split-comp +150°
Orchid Nocturne Vivid
#260D59 · hsl(260, 74%, 20%)
Split-comp +210°
Rose Nocturne Vivid
#590D40 · hsl(320, 74%, 20%)
Export preview
Base: Clover Nocturne Vivid #14590D
Lighter companion: Clover Shadow Vivid #1B7C13
Darker companion: Clover Ink Vivid #0E3E09
Complementary counterpoint: Magenta Nocturne Vivid #4C0D59
Analogous lead: Seafoam Nocturne Vivid #0D5926
Analogous echo: Lime Nocturne Vivid #33590D
Triadic +120°: Indigo Nocturne Vivid #0D1A59
Triadic +240°: Crimson Nocturne Vivid #590D0D
Split-comp +150°: Orchid Nocturne Vivid #260D59
Split-comp +210°: Rose Nocturne Vivid #590D40

Compare

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

vsClover Shadow VividvsClover Ink VividvsMagenta Nocturne VividvsSeafoam Nocturne VividvsLime Nocturne VividvsIndigo Nocturne Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Clover Ink Vivid
#0E3E09 · hsl(115, 74%, 14%)
Nearby match
Clover Nocturne Bright
#0F5E08 · hsl(115, 84%, 20%)
Nearby match
Leaf Nocturne Vivid
#1A590D · hsl(110, 74%, 20%)
Nearby match
Emerald Nocturne Vivid
#0D590D · hsl(120, 74%, 20%)
Nearby match
Clover Shadow Vivid
#1B7C13 · hsl(115, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Clover Nocturne Pure
#0C6204 · hsl(115, 92%, 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
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Veil Muted
#FBF9FB
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Veil Dust
#FBF9FB
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Veil Soft
#FBF8FC
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Veil Clear
#FCF7FD
AAA8:1
Magenta Veil Vivid
#FCF6FE

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#3A3433
Protanopia
#3D3E2E
Tritanopia
#1C3C3F
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Clover Nocturne Faint#2F382E · hsl(115, 10%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Muted#2B3C2A · hsl(115, 18%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Dust#284026 · hsl(115, 26%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Soft#254422 · hsl(115, 34%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Clear#1C4F17 · hsl(115, 54%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Vivid#14590D · hsl(115, 74%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Bright#0F5E08 · hsl(115, 84%, 20%)Clover Nocturne Pure#0C6204 · hsl(115, 92%, 20%)
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