HEX Color #425000 (Darkolivegreen)

About #425000

The precise color #425000 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkolivegreen. Its digital footprint relies on 66 parts red, 80 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 18% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 70.5° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 15.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#425000

RGB66, 80, 0

HSL70.5°, 100.0%, 15.7%

CMYK18%, 0%, 100%, 69%

HSV70.5°, 100.0%, 31.4%

LAB31.6, -16.3, 39.3

XYZ5.1, 6.9, 1.1

Decimal4345856

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#425000 #0D0050

Analogous

#503500 #1A5000

Triadic

#004150 #500041

Tetradic

#005036 #0D0050 #500019

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#425000

#57631C

#6C7638

#818A55

#969D71

#ABB18D

#C0C4AA

#D5D8C6

#EAEBE2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#425000

#3A4700

#333E00

#2C3500

#242C00

#1D2300

#161A00

#0E1100

#070800

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.83:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.38:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

8.44:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.02:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #425000; }

.text-color { color: #425000; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #425000; }

Similar Colors

Darkolivegreen

#556B2F