Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Hookers Green

Hookers Green is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #49796B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 73, 121, 107, HSL 163, 25%, 38%, cool temperature, and is useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems.

#49796B green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #49796B
RGB rgb(73, 121, 107)
HSL hsl(163 25% 38%)
CMYK cmyk(40, 0, 12, 53)
Luminance 0.1615
Contrast Black 4.23:1White 4.96:1

CSS Utilities

--color-hookers-green: #49796B;
.bg-hookers-green { background-color: #49796B; }
.text-hookers-green { color: #49796B; }
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
Luminance0.1615
Black text4.23:1AA Fail
White text4.96:1AA 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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WCAG
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Harmonies
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Variants
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Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Hookers Green Color

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

Its common associations include heritage, craft, and specificity, which makes it relevant for museum design and education. In design work, Hookers Green is most useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.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.Hookers Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #49796B.Hookers Green CSS utilitiesUse Hookers Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#49796B HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Hookers Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Hookers Green.Hookers Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Hookers Green against black and white text.

Black text4.23:1AA Fail
White text4.96:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Viridian#40826D
Storm Blue#4F666A
Alexandrite#3D8B74
Aegean Blue#4E6E81
Shale#59656F

Color Harmonies

#794956#794956
#497953#497953
#496F79#496F79
#6B4979#6B4979
#796B49#796B49
Open full Hookers Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#73AB9B#73AB9B
#264039#264039
#338E75#338E75
#5E6462#5E6462
#97AAA5#97AAA5
#00EBA8#00EBA8

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#794956#794956
#497953#497953
#496F79#496F79
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5