Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Agave

Agave is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #6F8F72. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 111, 143, 114, HSL 126, 13%, 50%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#6F8F72 green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #6F8F72
RGB rgb(111, 143, 114)
HSL hsl(126 13% 50%)
CMYK cmyk(22, 0, 20, 44)
Luminance 0.2424
Contrast Black 5.85:1White 3.59:1

CSS Utilities

--color-agave: #6F8F72;
.bg-agave { background-color: #6F8F72; }
.text-agave { color: #6F8F72; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.2424
Black text5.85:1AA Pass
White text3.59:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    13,
    50
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    20,
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#906F8D",
    "#90836F"
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    "#906F7C"
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    "#6F8F72",
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "dark": "#475C49",
  "saturated": "#53AC5C",
  "desaturated": "#808080",
  "pastel": "#BFBFBF",
  "neon": "#29FF3E"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
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    "#000000"
  ],
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    "#A3B8A5",
    "#808080"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "hex": "#6F8F72",
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    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
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      "life",
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      "organic texture"
    ],
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      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
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  },
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  "temperature": "cool",
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Agave Color

Agave sits in the green family with cool temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Agave is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Agave is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Agave accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #6F8F72.Agave CSS utilitiesUse Agave in CSS variables and utility classes.#6F8F72 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Agave paletteOpen the generated palette based on Agave.Agave harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Agave against black and white text.

Black text5.85:1AA Pass
White text3.59:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Smoke#738276
Eucalyptus#5F8575
Oxidized Copper#6E7F80
Zinc#7D7F7C
Steel Gray#71797E

Color Harmonies

#906F8D#906F8D
#7C906F#7C906F
#6F9083#6F9083
#726F90#726F90
#90726F#90726F
Open full Agave harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#A3B8A5#A3B8A5
#475C49#475C49
#53AC5C#53AC5C
Grey#808080
#BFBFBF#BFBFBF
#29FF3E#29FF3E

Pairings

Black#000000
#906F8D#906F8D
#7C906F#7C906F
#6F9083#6F9083
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5