Olive drab

#799809

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

Olive drab sits in the green range, deep and vivid. 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 #799809, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#799809

RGB121, 152, 9

HSL73, 89%, 32%

HSV73, 94%, 60%

CMYK20%, 0%, 94%, 40%

Lab58.55, -28.14, 60.05

XYZ19.16, 26.54, 4.37

Decimal7968777

Web safe#669900

Pantone377 C

Shades of olive drab

#6f8c08 #657f08 #5c7307 #526706 #485a05 #3e4e05 #344204 #2b3603 #212902 #171d02

Tints of olive drab

#92b70b #abd70d #c1f113 #d1f552 #daf771 #e2f890 #eafab0 #f2fccf #fbfeee

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#280998 Analogous#987009 Analogous#319809 Triadic#097998 Triadic#980979 Split complementary#093198 Split complementary#700998

Olive drab in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 20, 0, 94, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #799809 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 0 94 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 4 90 46

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #799809 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #799809; }
.text { color: #799809; }
.border { border: 2px solid #799809; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #799809 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #799809 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #799809 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #799809 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #799809 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.