Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Avocado

Avocado is a jewel tone green color with HEX #568203. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 86, 130, 3, HSL 81, 95%, 26%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#568203 green cool jewel-tone
HEX #568203
RGB rgb(86, 130, 3)
HSL hsl(81 95% 26%)
CMYK cmyk(34, 0, 98, 49)
Luminance 0.1795
Contrast Black 4.59:1White 4.58:1

CSS Utilities

--color-avocado: #568203;
.bg-avocado { background-color: #568203; }
.text-avocado { color: #568203; }
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
Luminance0.1795
Black text4.59:1AA Pass
White text4.58:1AA Pass
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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    3
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  "hsl": [
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    95,
    26
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  "cmyk": [
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    0,
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    49
  ],
  "luminance": 0.1795,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#2F0381",
  "analogous": [
    "#816E03",
    "#168103"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#035581",
    "#810355"
  ],
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    "#2F0381",
    "#810316"
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    "#6E0381"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
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    "#568203",
    "#1A2801"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "dark": "#1A2801",
  "saturated": "#568500",
  "desaturated": "#517312",
  "pastel": "#A0E61E",
  "neon": "#71AD00"
}
Pairings
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    "#816E03",
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  "neutral": [
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#90DB06",
    "#517312"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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    "sustainability design"
  ],
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      "nature",
      "growth",
      "balance"
    ],
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      "gardening",
      "organic products"
    ],
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  },
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  "temperature": "cool",
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    "nature",
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  "popularity": 84,
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    130,
    3
  ],
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    95,
    26
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  },
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      "#810316"
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      "#168103"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Avocado Color

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

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Avocado is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, 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.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Avocado accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #568203.Avocado CSS utilitiesUse Avocado in CSS variables and utility classes.#568203 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Avocado paletteOpen the generated palette based on Avocado.Avocado harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Avocado against black and white text.

Black text4.59:1AA Pass
White text4.58:1AA Pass
AA text options#000000, #FFFFFF
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Scheele Green#478800
Fern Frond#657220
Olive Drab#6B8E23
Olive Leaf#6B8E23
Olive#808000

Color Harmonies

#2F0381#2F0381
#816E03#816E03
#168103#168103
#035581#035581
#810355#810355
Open full Avocado harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#90DB06#90DB06
#1A2801#1A2801
#568500#568500
#517312#517312
#A0E61E#A0E61E
#71AD00#71AD00

Pairings

Black#000000
#2F0381#2F0381
#816E03#816E03
#168103#168103
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5