Olive Drab color: #6b8e23
The CSS keyword olivedrab is #6b8e23, rgb(107, 142, 35) or hsl(80, 60%, 35%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Olive Drab
Olive Drab is a mid-tone green. Its hue sits at 126° in OKLCH and 80° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword olivedrab comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Olive Drab tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding olivedrab’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 500 (#71942b), the one outlined.
Harmonies built on Olive Drab
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps olivedrab’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #9568c0, closest to the named color mediumpurple.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Olive Drab on white and on black
Black text reads better on olivedrab (5.51:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 3.80:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 5.51:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Olive Drab
Open olivedrab in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --olivedrab-50 … --olivedrab-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
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