Olive drab

#688c2a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for olive drab, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Olive drab, a soft green at 82 degrees. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #688c2a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#688c2a

RGB104, 140, 42

HSL82, 54%, 36%

HSV82, 70%, 55%

CMYK26%, 0%, 70%, 45%

Lab53.88, -28.03, 46.14

XYZ15.5, 21.87, 5.59

Decimal6851626

Web safe#669933

Pantone576 C

Shades of olive drab

#5f8027 #577523 #4e6920 #455d1c #3d5219 #344615 #2b3a12 #232f0e #1a230b #111807

Tints of olive drab

#7aa431 #8bbc38 #9ac94a #a8d062 #b5d77a #c2de92 #cfe5aa #ddedc2 #eaf4d9 #f7fbf1

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#4e2a8c Analogous#8c7f2a Analogous#378c2a Triadic#2a688c Triadic#8c2a68 Split complementary#2a378c Split complementary#7f2a8c

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 0, 70, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #688c2a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 0 70 45

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 4 68 51

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #688c2a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #688c2a; }
.text { color: #688c2a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #688c2a; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #688c2a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #688c2a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #688c2a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #688c2a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from olive drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #688c2a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.