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Dark Olive Green Color

#556b2f

Dark Olive Green Color

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A muted dark green.

Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#556b2f

RGB

rgb(85, 107, 47)

HSL

hsl(82, 39%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82, 56.1%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 58%)

LAB

lab(42.23, -18.83, 30.6)

LCH

lch(42.23, 35.93, 121.61)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.0896, 126.19)

HWB

hwb(82, 18.4%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#452f6b

Analogous

#6b632f

#556b2f

#376b2f

Triadic

#556b2f

#2f556b

#6b2f55

Split-complementary

#556b2f

#2f376b

#632f6b

Tetradic

#556b2f

#2f6b45

#452f6b

#6b2f55

Square

#556b2f

#2f6b63

#452f6b

#6b2f37

Shades

Dark Olive Green Color mixed toward black.

#475927

#39471f

#2b3617

#1c2410

#0e1208

Tints

Dark Olive Green Color mixed toward white.

#769441

#95b75a

#afc983

#cadbad

#e4edd6

Tones

Dark Olive Green Color mixed toward gray.

#546634

#526139

#515c3e

#505743

#4e5248

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f44 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#5e5c48 · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#565052 · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 21

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #556b2f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#556b2f]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

Dark Olive Green (#556b2f) is rgb(85, 107, 47) in RGB.

No, #556b2f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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