Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Moss Green

Moss Green is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #8A9A5B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 138, 154, 91, HSL 75, 26%, 48%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#8A9A5B green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #8A9A5B
RGB rgb(138, 154, 91)
HSL hsl(75 26% 48%)
CMYK cmyk(10, 0, 41, 40)
Luminance 0.2927
Contrast Black 6.85:1White 3.06:1

CSS Utilities

--color-moss-green: #8A9A5B;
.bg-moss-green { background-color: #8A9A5B; }
.text-moss-green { color: #8A9A5B; }
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
Luminance0.2927
Black text6.85:1AA Pass
White text3.06:1AA 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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}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
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  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
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}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#98B540",
  "desaturated": "#7D7F76",
  "pastel": "#BEC2B3",
  "neon": "#C7FF1F"
}
Pairings
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    ]
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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    ],
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      "organic products"
    ],
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      "#B4BF92"
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Color meaning and use

About Moss Green Color

Moss Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Moss Green 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, Moss Green 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.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Moss Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #8A9A5B.Moss Green CSS utilitiesUse Moss Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#8A9A5B HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Moss Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Moss Green.Moss Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Moss Green against black and white text.

Black text6.85:1AA Pass
White text3.06:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Warm Gray#8A8378
Agave#6F8F72
Mocha#967969
Antique Gold#B08D57
Stone#8A817C

Color Harmonies

#6A5B9A#6A5B9A
#9A8A5B#9A8A5B
#6A9A5B#6A9A5B
#5B8A9A#5B8A9A
#9A5B8A#9A5B8A
Open full Moss Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#B4BF92#B4BF92
#566039#566039
#98B540#98B540
#7D7F76#7D7F76
#BEC2B3#BEC2B3
#C7FF1F#C7FF1F

Pairings

Black#000000
#6A5B9A#6A5B9A
#9A8A5B#9A8A5B
#6A9A5B#6A9A5B
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5