Olive drab

#789f4e

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, mid and soft. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #789f4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#789f4e

RGB120, 159, 78

HSL89, 34%, 46%

HSV89, 51%, 62%

CMYK25%, 0%, 51%, 38%

Lab61.08, -27.5, 37.71

XYZ21.52, 29.34, 11.74

Decimal7905102

Web safe#669966

Pantone576 C

Shades of olive drab

#6e9147 #638340 #59753a #4e6833 #445a2c #394c25 #2f3e1e #243018 #1a2211 #0f150a

Tints of olive drab

#85ae59 #91b66a #9ebe7b #abc78c #b7cf9d #c4d8af #d0e0c0 #dde8d1 #eaf1e2 #f6f9f3

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#754e9f Analogous#9f9e4e Analogous#4f9f4e Triadic#4e789f Triadic#9f4e78 Split complementary#4e4f9f Split complementary#9e4e9f

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 25, 0, 51, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #789f4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 0 51 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 4 51 44

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 drab in css

Copy #789f4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #789f4e; }
.text { color: #789f4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #789f4e; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #789f4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #789f4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #789f4e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #789f4e 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #789f4e 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.