HEX Color #8AA05F (Darkkhaki)

About #8AA05F

At its core, #8AA05F is a medium and muted hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkkhaki. In the RGB color space, it consists of 138 red, 160 green, and 95 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 14% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 80.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AA05F

RGB138, 160, 95

HSL80.3°, 25.5%, 50.0%

CMYK14%, 0%, 41%, 37%

HSV80.3°, 40.6%, 62.7%

LAB62.8, -18.9, 31.3

XYZ25.1, 31.4, 15.6

Decimal9085023

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AA05F #755FA0

Analogous

#A0955F #69A05F

Triadic

#5F89A0 #A05F89

Tetradic

#5FA095 #755FA0 #A05F69

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AA05F

#97AA70

#A4B582

#B1BF94

#BECAA6

#CBD4B7

#D8DFC9

#E5E9DB

#F2F4ED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AA05F

#7A8E54

#6B7C49

#5C6A3F

#4C5834

#3D472A

#2E351F

#1E2315

#0F110A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.89:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.27:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.76:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.18:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AA05F; }

.text-color { color: #8AA05F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AA05F; }

Similar Colors

Darkkhaki

#BDB76B