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#697d2f

a dark, vivid green · warm · closest name: Olive Drab

Token name suggestion: Slate Moss

RGB
105, 125, 47
HSL
75°, 45%, 34%
CMYK
16, 0, 62, 51
Luminance
0.1788

#697d2f is a dark vivid green, 75° on the wheel and 38/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.59:1). As text it scores 4.59:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Olive Drab, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(75 45% 34%)rgb(105 125 47)Base step 800AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #697d2f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#697d2f
Hue
75°
green
Saturation
45%
vivid
Lightness
34%
dark
Brightness
49%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1788
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
38/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.59:1
Closest name
Olive Drab
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
43.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.557
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 22.5
Web-safe
#666633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue75° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness34%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #697d2f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool38% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green82%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#697d2f
HEX (8-digit)#697d2fff
RGBrgb(105, 125, 47)
RGBArgba(105, 125, 47, 1)
HSLhsl(75, 45%, 34%)
HSV / HSBhsv(75, 62%, 49%)
HWBhwb(75 18% 51%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 62%, 51%)
LABlab(49.4 -19.7 39.1)
LCHlch(49.4 43.8 116.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.557 0.106 122.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.67, 17.88, 5.42)
Decimal6913327
Display P3color(display-p3 0.412 0.490 0.184)
Web-safe#666633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #697d2f;
background-color: #697d2f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #697d2f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#697d2f] bg-[#697d2f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #697d2f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.412, green: 0.490, blue: 0.184)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.412, green: 0.490, blue: 0.184, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#697D2F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF697D2F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF697D2F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(47, 125, 105)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(105, 125, 47)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(105, 125, 47)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 105, 125, 47)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4118f, 0.4902f, 0.1843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{105,125,47}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #697d2f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #697d2f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4E5D23, #E7EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #697d2f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F2F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E4EBD1;
  --brand-300: #D3E0AD;
  --brand-400: #BDD185;
  --brand-500: #A8C25C;
  --brand-600: #95B243;
  --brand-700: #7C9438;
  --brand-800: #697d2f;
  --brand-900: #4A5724;
  --brand-950: #2E3616;
  --brand: #697d2f;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DFE9C4;
  --brand-hover: #536325;
  --brand-pressed: #3D491B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E7EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FAF5',
        100: '#F2F5EA',
        200: '#E4EBD1',
        300: '#D3E0AD',
        400: '#BDD185',
        500: '#A8C25C',
        600: '#95B243',
        700: '#7C9438',
        800: '#697d2f',
        900: '#4A5724',
        950: '#2E3616',
        DEFAULT: '#697d2f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FAF5,
  '100': #F2F5EA,
  '200': #E4EBD1,
  '300': #D3E0AD,
  '400': #BDD185,
  '500': #A8C25C,
  '600': #95B243,
  '700': #7C9438,
  '800': #697d2f,
  '900': #4A5724,
  '950': #2E3616,
);
$brand-base: #697d2f;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E4EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D3E0AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BDD185", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A8C25C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#95B243", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7C9438", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#697d2f", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4A5724", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2E3616", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #697d2f · 4.59:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.59:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.58:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #697d2f as text scores 4.59:1 on white and 4.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F5F8EC at 4.27:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#697d2f · 4.59:1
AA on whitealready passes
#697d2f
The quick fox
#4D5C22 · 7.32:1
AAA on white−9% L
#4D5C22
The quick fox
#697d2f · 4.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#697d2f
The quick fox
#88A23D · 7.28:1
AAA on black+10% L
#88A23D

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #697D2F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#697d2f on white: 4.59:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#697d2f on black: 4.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #697d2f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #697d2f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.59:1AaAa
Slate 504.39:1AaAa
Slate 1004.19:1AaAa
Slate 2003.72:1AaAa
Slate 3003.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.79:1AaAa
Slate 5001.04:1AaAa
Slate 6001.65:1AaAa
Slate 7002.26:1AaAa
Slate 8003.19:1AaAa
Slate 9003.89:1AaAa
Black4.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #847626
deuteranopia · #827534
tritanopia · #6E776C

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #697d2f is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FAF5
#F2F5EA
#E4EBD1
#D3E0AD
#BDD185
#A8C25C
#95B243
#7C9438
#697d2f
#4A5724
#2E3616
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F9FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2E3616Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.027 122.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.043 122.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.064 122.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.083 122.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.098 122.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.106 122.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.106 122.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.100 122.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.089 122.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.075 122.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.059 122.1);
}

Colors that work with #697d2f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DFE9C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#869B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2C2C80
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4E5D23
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#536325
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3D491B
Two steps down
Disabled#9AA775
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7A952B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #697d2f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight66/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#432F7D
Analogous left#7D6A2F
Analogous right#427D2F
Split-complement 1#2F427D
Split-complement 2#6A2F7D
Triadic 1#2F697D
Triadic 2#7D2F69
Tetradic#2F7D6A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°75°

#697d2f sits at 75°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red41.2%
Green49.0%
Blue18.4%
R · 0–255
105
0x69
G · 0–255
125
0x7d
B · 0–255
47
0x2f

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow62.4%
Key (black)51.0%

Total ink coverage is 129%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#697d2f text on a black background

contrast 4.58:1

Card sample

#697d2f text on a white background

contrast 4.59:1

Card sample

#697d2f on grey

4.19:1

#697d2f on its own surface

4.37:1

#697d2f on its dark surface

3.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #697d2f;
Background color
Panel with #697d2f background
background-color: #697d2f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #697d2f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(105, 125, 47, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(105, 125, 47, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #697d2f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697d2f, #357D2F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #697d2f, #2F7D3D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #697d2f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #697d2f;
caret-color: #697d2f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #697d2f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #697d2f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#697d2f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #697d2f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(105, 125, 47, 0.5)
rgb(105 125 47 / 50%)
#697d2f80
hsl(75 45% 34% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #697d2f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#697d2f1a#F0F2EA
20%#697d2f33#E1E5D5
40%#697d2f66#C3CBAC
60%#697d2f99#A5B182
80%#697d2fcc#879759

Gradients from #697d2f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8EA940, #697d2f 45%, #4E5D23);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #697d2f, #276727);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #697d2f, #432F7D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9FBC4C 0%, #697d2f 45%, #4E5D23 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A2813D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #469337 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4E5D23 0%, transparent 65%), #697d2f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #697d2f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#697d2f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 4.58:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#697d2f, answered

What color is #697d2f?

#697d2f is a dark vivid green, closest to Olive Drab (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 75° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 34% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #697d2f?

rgb(105, 125, 47) — 105 red, 125 green and 47 blue out of 255, or 41.2% / 49% / 18.4% by channel.

What is #697d2f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(75, 45%, 34%) and hsv(75, 62%, 49%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #697d2f a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1788 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 4.59:1.

Should I use black or white text on #697d2f?

White. It scores 4.59:1 against #697d2f, versus 4.58:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #697d2f accessible on a white background?

#697d2f on white scores 4.59:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #697d2f?

#432F7D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2F427D and #6A2F7D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #697d2f?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DFE9C4 for borders, #869B4B for secondary text, #2C2C80 as an accent and #4E5D23 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7D6A2F and #427D2F stays calm, while #432F7D is the loudest partner.

What is #697d2f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 62%, 51%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #697d2f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 38 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7D742F; nudged cooler, #4C7F2D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #697d2f?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 22.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #697d2f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #697d2f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#697d2f] or text-[#697d2f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #697d2f with 50% opacity?

rgba(105, 125, 47, 0.5), or #697d2f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B4BE97; over black, #353F18.

Is #697d2f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666633, ΔE2000 9.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #697d2f mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #697d2f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #8EA940, #697d2f 45%, #4E5D23). For more colour, a short hue run to #276727 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #697d2f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #697d2f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.