Android green

Android green is a shade of chartreuse or Caribbean green, defined by Google as the color of the Android robot mascot, used as a logo for the Android operating system. It is defined to be RGB hex value #3DDC84 online and Pantone 7479 C in print.^[1]

Android green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#3DDC84
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(61, 220, 132)
HSV (h, s, v)	(147°, 72%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(78, 82, 140°)
Source	Google[1][2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellowish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Rebrand

The current color definition has been in place since a change in brand guidelines on Aug 22, 2019. Part of this change included the color of the android robot logo and therefore a change to the definition of android green.^[2][3] The color was changed to be more accessible to the colorblind, citing that "...green isn’t exactly an optimal color for a global brand. The most common form of colorblindness is red-green colorblindness, which can make certain shades of green hard to see."^[3]

Original definition

Android green (pre-2018)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A4C639
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(164, 198, 57)
HSV (h, s, v)	(74°, 71%, 78%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(75, 79, 102°)
Source	Google[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The prior definition of android green was a yellow-green color #A4C639 (PMS 376C in print).^[4][5] During the initial creation of the android logo, first released on November 5, 2007, #A4C639 was selected by the original designer of the android logo, Irina Blok, "...because it reminded (us of a) nostalgic code color, and it would stand out against dark background."^[5] Code color probably refers to the color of text in Monochrome monitors, derived from the green "P1" phosphor.^[6]