Dark olive green

#3e4e05

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

This is Dark olive green, a vivid green at 73 degrees. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Dark olive green color values

Every conversion for #3e4e05, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e4e05
RGB62, 78, 5
HSL73, 88%, 16%
HSV73, 94%, 31%
CMYK21%, 0%, 94%, 69%
Lab30.6, -16.85, 36.53
XYZ4.74, 6.48, 1.15
Decimal4083205
Web safe#336600
Pantone5747 C
Pantone5747 CHex#3e4e05Rgb62 78 5Cmyk21 0 94 69Lab31 -17 37Darker#2e3a04Lighter#708a10

Shades of dark olive green

Tints of dark olive green

Colors that go with dark olive green

Dark olive green in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 21, 0, 94, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e4e05 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
21 0 94 69
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
23 4 90 75
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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark olive green in css

Copy #3e4e05 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e4e05; }
.text { color: #3e4e05; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e4e05; }

How dark olive green looks on light and dark

Dark olive green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3e4e05 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
9.14:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.30:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e4e05 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark olive green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3e4e05 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark olive green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark olive green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3e4e05 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #3e4e05 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.