HEX atlas value

#6B8E23

#6B8E23 is a cool green HEX color nearest Olive Drab. RGB 107, 142, 35, HSL 80° 60% 35%, luminance 0.2259; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone jewel-tone

#6B8E23 Sample readable text

HEX #6B8E23

RGB rgb(107, 142, 35)

HSL hsl(80 60% 35%)

CMYK cmyk(25, 0, 75, 44)

Luminance 0.2259

Contrast Black 5.52:1White 3.81:1

CSS

--color-6b8e23: #6B8E23;
.background-6b8e23 { background-color: #6B8E23; }
.text-6b8e23 { color: #6B8E23; }

HEX meaning and use

About #6B8E23

#6B8E23 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone and jewel tone visual character. #6B8E23 is visually closest to Olive Drab, a named green color with HEX #6B8E23.

The RGB channels are 107, 142, and 35, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 80deg with 60% saturation and 35% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.2259, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text5.52:1AA Pass

White text3.81:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6B8E23 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000005.52:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.81:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#9FCF3F#9FCF3F · #000000 text · best 11.47:1 #47248F#47248F · #FFFFFF text · best 10.96:1 #344511#344511 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.47:1 #72A210#72A210 · #000000 text · best 6.89:1 Fern Frond#657220 · #FFFFFF text · best 5.27:1

Generated Palette

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

#47248F#47248F

#8F7D24#8F7D24

#368F24#368F24

#9FCF3F#9FCF3F

#344511#344511

Color Harmonies

#47248F#47248F

#8F7D24#8F7D24

#368F24#368F24

#246B8F#246B8F

#8F246B#8F246B

Variants

#9FCF3F#9FCF3F

#344511#344511

#72A210#72A210

#657B37#657B37

#A8C76B#A8C76B

#92DB00#92DB00

Nearest Named Colors

Olive Drab#6B8E23

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

Olive Green#708238

Fern Frond#657220

Avocado#568203

Luminance0.2259

Black text5.52:1AA Pass

White text3.81:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#6B8E23","rgb":[107,142,35],"hsl":[80,60,35],"cmyk":[25,0,75,44],"luminance":0.2259,"contrast":{"black":5.52,"white":3.81}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":5.52,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.81,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#9FCF3F","hex":"#9FCF3F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.47,"contrastWhite":1.83,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#47248F","hex":"#47248F","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.92,"contrastWhite":10.96,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#344511","hex":"#344511","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.01,"contrastWhite":10.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#72A210","hex":"#72A210","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.89,"contrastWhite":3.05,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.98,"contrastWhite":5.27,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","jewel tone","earth tone green","jewel tone green","Olive Drab adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","rich accent palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6b8e23.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-drab.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-leaf.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#47248F","analogous":["#8F7D24","#368F24"],"triadic":["#246B8F","#8F246B"],"tetradic":["#248F7D","#47248F","#8F2436"],"splitComplementary":["#24368F","#7D248F"],"monochromatic":["#9FCF3F","#6B8E23","#344511"]}

Variants

{"light":"#9FCF3F","dark":"#344511","saturated":"#72A210","desaturated":"#657B37","pastel":"#A8C76B","neon":"#92DB00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":0},{"slug":"olive-leaf","name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":0},{"slug":"olive-green","name":"Olive Green","hex":"#708238","distance":24.698178070456937},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":28.792360097775937},{"slug":"avocado","name":"Avocado","hex":"#568203","distance":40.11234224026316}]

#6B8E23

CSS

About #6B8E23

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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