Olive

#697c09

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

This is Olive, a vivid 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 color values

Every conversion for #697c09, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#697c09

RGB105, 124, 9

HSL70, 86%, 26%

HSV70, 93%, 49%

CMYK15%, 0%, 93%, 51%

Lab48.81, -21.18, 51.77

XYZ13.08, 17.44, 2.93

Decimal6913033

Web safe#666600

Pantone385 C

Shades of olive

#617208 #596908 #515f07 #495606 #414c06 #384305 #303904 #283003 #202603 #181d02

Tints of olive

#859d0b #a2bf0e #bee010 #ceef25 #d5f247 #ddf468 #e5f78a #ecf9ab #f4fbcd #fbfeee

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#1c097c Analogous#7c5609 Analogous#307c09 Triadic#09697c Triadic#7c0969 Split complementary#092f7c Split complementary#55097c

Olive 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 15, 0, 93, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #697c09 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 93 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 90 57

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #697c09 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #697c09; }
.text { color: #697c09; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697c09; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #697c09 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #697c09 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 #697c09 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 #697c09 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

Every value on this page for #697c09 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.