Olive drab

#85943e

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 70 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 #85943e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#85943e
RGB133, 148, 62
HSL70, 41%, 41%
HSV70, 58%, 58%
CMYK10%, 0%, 58%, 42%
Lab58.52, -18.31, 42.8
XYZ21.13, 26.51, 8.56
Decimal8754238
Web safe#999933
Pantone5767 C
Pantone5767 CHex#85943eRgb133 148 62Cmyk10 0 58 42Lab59 -18 43Darker#2b2f14Deep#586229Lighter#a8b763

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 58, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #85943e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
10 0 58 42
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
13 4 57 48
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.

Olive drab in css

Copy #85943e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #85943e; }
.text { color: #85943e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85943e; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #85943e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.33:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.30:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #85943e 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 #85943e 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 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 #85943e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #85943e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.