Olive

#697921

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

Olive sits in the green range, deep and strong. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #697921, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#697921

RGB105, 121, 33

HSL71, 57%, 30%

HSV71, 73%, 47%

CMYK13%, 0%, 73%, 53%

Lab47.99, -18.62, 43.86

XYZ12.94, 16.79, 4.0

Decimal6912289

Web safe#666633

Pantone5757 C

Shades of olive

#616f1e #58661c #505c19 #475216 #3f4914 #373f11 #2e350e #262b0c #1d2209 #151807

Tints of olive

#809428 #97ae2f #aec837 #b9d052 #c4d76c #cede87 #d9e5a1 #e4edbc #eff4d6 #f9fbf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#312179 Analogous#795d21 Analogous#3d7921 Triadic#216979 Triadic#792169 Split complementary#213d79 Split complementary#5d2179

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 73, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #697921 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 73 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 71 59

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.

Olive in css

Copy #697921 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #697921; }
.text { color: #697921; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697921; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #697921 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #697921 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #697921 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #697921 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, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #697921 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.