HEX atlas value

#8A9A5B

#8A9A5B is a cool green HEX color nearest Moss Green. RGB 138, 154, 91, HSL 75° 26% 48%, luminance 0.2927; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted earth-tone

#8A9A5B Sample readable text

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

--color-8a9a5b: #8A9A5B;
.background-8a9a5b { background-color: #8A9A5B; }
.text-8a9a5b { color: #8A9A5B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8A9A5B

#8A9A5B is classified as a cool green value with muted and earth tone visual character. #8A9A5B is visually closest to Moss Green, a named green color with HEX #8A9A5B.

The RGB channels are 138, 154, and 91, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 75deg with 26% saturation and 48% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.2927, 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 text6.85:1AA Pass

White text3.06:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8A9A5B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.85:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.06:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#B4BF92#B4BF92 · #000000 text · best 10.81:1 #98B540#98B540 · #000000 text · best 9.02:1 Antique Gold#B08D57 · #000000 text · best 6.79:1 #566039#566039 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.71:1 #6A9A5B#6A9A5B · #000000 text · best 6.39:1

Generated Palette

Moss Green#8A9A5B

#6A5B9A#6A5B9A

#9A8A5B#9A8A5B

#6A9A5B#6A9A5B

#B4BF92#B4BF92

#566039#566039

Color Harmonies

#6A5B9A#6A5B9A

#9A8A5B#9A8A5B

#6A9A5B#6A9A5B

#5B8A9A#5B8A9A

#9A5B8A#9A5B8A

Variants

#B4BF92#B4BF92

#566039#566039

#98B540#98B540

#7D7F76#7D7F76

#BEC2B3#BEC2B3

#C7FF1F#C7FF1F

Nearest Named Colors

Moss Green#8A9A5B

Warm Gray#8A8378

Agave#6F8F72

Mocha#967969

Antique Gold#B08D57

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8A9A5B","rgb":[138,154,91],"hsl":[75,26,48],"cmyk":[10,0,41,40],"luminance":0.2927,"contrast":{"black":6.85,"white":3.06}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.85,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.06,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#B4BF92","hex":"#B4BF92","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.81,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#98B540","hex":"#98B540","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.02,"contrastWhite":2.33,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Antique Gold","hex":"#B08D57","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.79,"contrastWhite":3.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#566039","hex":"#566039","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.13,"contrastWhite":6.71,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#6A9A5B","hex":"#6A9A5B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.39,"contrastWhite":3.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","earth tone","muted green","earth tone green","Moss Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8a9a5b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/agave.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6A5B9A","analogous":["#9A8A5B","#6A9A5B"],"triadic":["#5B8A9A","#9A5B8A"],"tetradic":["#5B9A8A","#6A5B9A","#9A5B6A"],"splitComplementary":["#5B6A9A","#8A5B9A"],"monochromatic":["#B4BF92","#8A9A5B","#566039"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B4BF92","dark":"#566039","saturated":"#98B540","desaturated":"#7D7F76","pastel":"#BEC2B3","neon":"#C7FF1F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"moss-green","name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","distance":0},{"slug":"warm-gray","name":"Warm Gray","hex":"#8A8378","distance":37.013511046643494},{"slug":"agave","name":"Agave","hex":"#6F8F72","distance":37.134889255254286},{"slug":"mocha","name":"Mocha","hex":"#967969","distance":37.8021163428716},{"slug":"antique-gold","name":"Antique Gold","hex":"#B08D57","distance":40.36087214122113}]

#8A9A5B

CSS

About #8A9A5B

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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