Chinook Color
Chinook is a green color with hex code #A8E3BD. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with chinook, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Chinook Color Values
What Does Chinook Mean?
Chinook belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Chinook reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Chinook is classified as a green (nearest centroid: very light green, #8ED1B2).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Chinook
Chinook and #E2A6CD are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #AFE2A6 and #A6E2D9, which sit beside chinook on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair chinook with triadic partners #BBA6E2 and #E2BBA6. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Padua —
#ADE6C4(Delta E 3) - Fringy Flower —
#B1E2C1(Delta E 4) - Magic Mint —
#AAF0D1(Delta E 6) - Vista Blue —
#8FD6B4(Delta E 7) - Madang —
#B7F0BE(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A8E3BD; }
.background { background-color: #A8E3BD; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A8E3BD; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A8E3BD40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for chinook?
Chinook has the hex code #A8E3BD. In RGB notation it is rgb(168, 227, 189), in HSL it is hsl(141, 51%, 77%), and its OKLCH value is 0.865, 0.08, 156.1.
What does the color chinook mean?
Green-family colors like chinook carry distinct psychological associations. Chinook belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Chinook reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with chinook?
Chinook has three easy routes: its complement #E2A6CD for punch, its neighbors #AFE2A6 and #A6E2D9 for something calmer, or triadic partners #BBA6E2 and #E2BBA6 when you want energy.
Is chinook a standard web color?
No — Chinook is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A8E3BD or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make chinook lighter or darker?
To lighten chinook, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F0FAF3 (lightest tint) to #10321C (darkest shade).
About Chinook
Chinook is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #A8E3BD to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.