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#80955c

a balanced, soft green · neutral · closest name: Olive Drab

Token name suggestion: True Moss

RGB
128, 149, 92
HSL
82°, 24%, 47%
CMYK
14, 0, 38, 42
Luminance
0.2686

#80955c is a balanced soft green, 82° on the wheel and 46/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.37:1). As text it scores 3.30:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Olive Drab, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(82 24% 47%)rgb(128 149 92)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #80955c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#80955c
Hue
82°
green
Saturation
24%
soft
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
54%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2686
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
46/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
6.37:1
Closest name
Olive Drab
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
32.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.639
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 17.9
Web-safe
#999966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue82° of 360°
Saturation24%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #80955c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool46% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green80%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#80955c
HEX (8-digit)#80955cff
RGBrgb(128, 149, 92)
RGBArgba(128, 149, 92, 1)
HSLhsl(82, 24%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82, 38%, 58%)
HWBhwb(82 36% 42%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 38%, 42%)
LABlab(58.8 -17.6 27.7)
LCHlch(58.8 32.8 122.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.639 0.083 125.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(21.58, 26.86, 14.17)
Decimal8426844
Display P3color(display-p3 0.502 0.584 0.361)
Web-safe#999966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #80955c;
background-color: #80955c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #80955c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#80955c] bg-[#80955c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #80955c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.502, green: 0.584, blue: 0.361)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.502, green: 0.584, blue: 0.361, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#80955C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF80955C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF80955C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(92, 149, 128)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(128, 149, 92)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(128, 149, 92)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 149, 92)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5020f, 0.5843f, 0.3608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{128,149,92}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #80955c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #80955c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#444F31, #E2E8D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #80955c 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: #F8F9F6;
  --brand-100: #F0F3ED;
  --brand-200: #E0E5D7;
  --brand-300: #CAD4BA;
  --brand-400: #B0BF97;
  --brand-500: #96A974;
  --brand-600: #80955c;
  --brand-700: #6C7E4E;
  --brand-800: #57653E;
  --brand-900: #414B30;
  --brand-950: #282F1E;
  --brand: #80955c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D9E0CD;
  --brand-hover: #6D7F4E;
  --brand-pressed: #5A6941;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E2315;
    --brand-ink: #E2E8D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F9F6',
        100: '#F0F3ED',
        200: '#E0E5D7',
        300: '#CAD4BA',
        400: '#B0BF97',
        500: '#96A974',
        600: '#80955c',
        700: '#6C7E4E',
        800: '#57653E',
        900: '#414B30',
        950: '#282F1E',
        DEFAULT: '#80955c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F9F6,
  '100': #F0F3ED,
  '200': #E0E5D7,
  '300': #CAD4BA,
  '400': #B0BF97,
  '500': #96A974,
  '600': #80955c,
  '700': #6C7E4E,
  '800': #57653E,
  '900': #414B30,
  '950': #282F1E,
);
$brand-base: #80955c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E0E5D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CAD4BA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B0BF97", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#96A974", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#80955c", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6C7E4E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#57653E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#414B30", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#282F1E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #80955c · 6.37:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.30:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.37:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #80955c as text scores 3.30:1 on white and 6.37:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #444F31 at 2.65:1.

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
#6A7C4C · 4.56:1
AA on white−8% L
#6A7C4C
The quick fox
#4F5C39 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−18% L
#4F5C39
The quick fox
#80955c · 6.37:1
AA on blackalready passes
#80955c
The quick fox
#889E62 · 7.11:1
AAA on black+3% L
#889E62

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #80955C 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
#80955c on white: 3.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#80955c on black: 6.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #80955c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #80955c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.30:1AaAa
Slate 503.15:1AaAa
Slate 1003.01:1AaAa
Slate 2002.67:1AaAa
Slate 3002.22:1AaAa
Slate 4001.29:1AaAa
Slate 5001.44:1AaAa
Slate 6002.30:1AaAa
Slate 7003.14:1AaAa
Slate 8004.44:1AaAa
Slate 9005.42:1AaAa
Black6.37:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9B8E58
deuteranopia · #988D5F
tritanopia · #839087

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. #80955c is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F9F6
#F0F3ED
#E0E5D7
#CAD4BA
#B0BF97
#96A974
#80955c
#6C7E4E
#57653E
#414B30
#282F1E
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F8F9F6Darkest = 950 · #282F1EText 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 0.021 125.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 125.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 125.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.065 125.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.077 125.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.083 125.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.083 125.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.078 125.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.070 125.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 125.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.046 125.2);
}

Colors that work with #80955c

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#D9E0CD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7A8E58
Captions on the surface
Accent#5F579A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#444F31
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3F5EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2315
Dark-mode background
Hover#6D7F4E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5A6941
Two steps down
Disabled#B5C29F
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8EAD59
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 #80955c

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #444F31
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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight53/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#715C95
Analogous left#958E5C
Analogous right#64955C
Split-complement 1#5C6495
Split-complement 2#8E5C95
Triadic 1#5C8095
Triadic 2#955C80
Tetradic#5C958E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°82°

#80955c sits at 82°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red50.2%
Green58.4%
Blue36.1%
R · 0–255
128
0x80
G · 0–255
149
0x95
B · 0–255
92
0x5c

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.3%
Key (black)41.6%

Total ink coverage is 94%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#80955c text on a black background

contrast 6.37:1

Card sample

#80955c text on a white background

contrast 3.30:1

Card sample

#80955c on grey

3.01:1

#80955c on its own surface

3.12:1

#80955c on its dark surface

4.88:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #80955c;
Background color
Panel with #80955c background
background-color: #80955c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #80955c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(128, 149, 92, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(128, 149, 92, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #80955c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #80955c, #5C955E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #80955c, #5C956C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #80955c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #80955c;
caret-color: #80955c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #80955c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3F5EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #80955c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#80955c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #80955c 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(128, 149, 92, 0.5)
rgb(128 149 92 / 50%)
#80955c80
hsl(82 24% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #80955c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#80955c1a#F2F4EF
20%#80955c33#E6EADE
40%#80955c66#CCD5BE
60%#80955c99#B3BF9D
80%#80955ccc#99AA7D

Gradients from #80955c

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, #9EB07F, #80955c 45%, #444F31);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #80955c, #508256);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #80955c, #715C95);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ACBB92 0%, #80955c 45%, #444F31 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #ACA178 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6EA46C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #444F31 0%, transparent 65%), #80955c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #80955c

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.

#80955c 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 6.37:1.

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.

#80955c, answered

What color is #80955c?

#80955c is a balanced soft green, closest to Olive Drab (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 82° on the hue wheel with 24% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #80955c?

rgb(128, 149, 92) — 128 red, 149 green and 92 blue out of 255, or 50.2% / 58.4% / 36.1% by channel.

What is #80955c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(82, 24%, 47%) and hsv(82, 38%, 58%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #80955c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2686 and perceived brightness is 54%, so black text on it reaches 6.37:1.

Should I use black or white text on #80955c?

Black. It scores 6.37:1 against #80955c, versus 3.30:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #80955c accessible on a white background?

#80955c on white scores 3.30:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #6A7C4C to reach 4.5:1, or #4F5C39 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #80955c?

#715C95 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5C6495 and #8E5C95, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #80955c?

For interface work: #F8F9F6 as the surface, #D9E0CD for borders, #7A8E58 for secondary text, #5F579A as an accent and #444F31 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #958E5C and #64955C stays calm, while #715C95 is the loudest partner.

What is #80955c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 38%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #80955c warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 46 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #95955C; nudged cooler, #6A985A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #80955c?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 17.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #80955c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #80955c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#80955c] or text-[#80955c], 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 #80955c with 50% opacity?

rgba(128, 149, 92, 0.5), or #80955c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C0CAAE; over black, #404B2E.

Is #80955c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999966, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #80955c 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #80955c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9EB07F, #80955c 45%, #444F31). For more colour, a short hue run to #508256 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #80955c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #80955c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.