Android green
{{Short description|Shade of chartreuse}}
{{Infobox color
|title = Android green
|hex = 3DDC84
|isccname = Vivid yellowish 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.{{Cite web |url=https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/brand-guidelines |title=Brand guidelines |date=18 November 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2022}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.blog.google/products/android/evolving-android-brand |title=Updates to Android's brand |date=22 August 2019 |access-date=August 22, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Imel |first1=David |title=Inside Google's massive Android rebrand |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/android-brand-redesign-2019-1018245/ |website=Android Authority |date=22 August 2019 |access-date=15 September 2022}} 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."
Original definition
{{Infobox color
|title = Android green (pre-2018)
|hex = A4C639
|isccname = Vivid yellow green
}}
The prior definition of android green was a yellow-green color #A4C639 (PMS 376C in print).{{Cite web |url=https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/brand-guidelines |title=Brand guidelines |date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711093052/https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/brand-guidelines |archive-date=11 July 2018 |access-date=15 September 2022}} 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."{{cite web |last1=Breeze |first1=Mez |title=Android, Apple, Starbucks & NASA: What inspired these four world-famous logos? |url=https://thenextweb.com/news/the-stories-inspiration-behind-world-famous-logos |website=The Next Web |date=8 September 2012 |access-date=15 September 2022}} Code color probably refers to the color of text in Monochrome monitors, derived from the green "P1" phosphor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bunkerofdoom.com/tubes/crt/crt_phosphor_research.pdf |title=Cathode Ray Tube Phosphors}}