Spruce Color
Spruce is a green color with hex code #0A5F38. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with spruce, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Spruce Color Values
What Does Spruce Mean?
Spruce 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. Being on the dark side, Spruce adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Spruce is classified as a green (nearest centroid: deep yellowish green, #00622D).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Spruce
Spruce and #610A33 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 — #0A610D and #0A5E61, which sit beside spruce on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair spruce with triadic partners #380A61 and #61380A. 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
CSS Examples
.text { color: #0A5F38; }
.background { background-color: #0A5F38; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0A5F38; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #0A5F3840; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for spruce?
Spruce has the hex code #0A5F38. In RGB notation it is rgb(10, 95, 56), in HSL it is hsl(152, 81%, 21%), and its OKLCH value is 0.429, 0.099, 156.4.
What does the color spruce mean?
Green-family colors like spruce carry distinct psychological associations. Spruce 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. Being on the dark side, Spruce adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with spruce?
Spruce has three easy routes: its complement #610A33 for punch, its neighbors #0A610D and #0A5E61 for something calmer, or triadic partners #380A61 and #61380A when you want energy.
Is spruce a standard web color?
No — Spruce is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #0A5F38 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make spruce lighter or darker?
To lighten spruce, 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 #C3F9E0 (lightest tint) to #02120B (darkest shade).
About Spruce
Spruce is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #0A5F38 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.