Dark olive green

#3b520f

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

Dark olive green sits in the green range, dark and strong. 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 #3b520f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b520f

RGB59, 82, 15

HSL81, 69%, 19%

HSV81, 82%, 32%

CMYK28%, 0%, 82%, 68%

Lab31.8, -19.87, 34.01

XYZ4.91, 7.0, 1.54

Decimal3887631

Web safe#336600

Pantone574 C

Shades of dark olive green

#374c0e #33470d #2f410c #2b3c0b #27360a #233009 #1f2b08 #1b2507 #171f06 #131a05

Tints of dark olive green

#537315 #6b951b #83b621 #9bd827 #abde49 #bae46a #caea8c #d9f0ad #e9f6cf #f8fcf0

Colors that go with dark olive green

Complementary#260f52 Analogous#52470f Analogous#1a520f Triadic#0f3b52 Triadic#520f3b Split complementary#0f1a52 Split complementary#470f52

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 28, 0, 82, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b520f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 0 82 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 4 79 74

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.

Dark olive green in css

Copy #3b520f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b520f; }
.text { color: #3b520f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b520f; }

How dark olive green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark olive green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3b520f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b520f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark olive green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3b520f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark olive green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3b520f 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 dark olive green, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #3b520f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.