Darkgreen #054907

About this color

#054907 is a dark, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 35%, its chroma 0.114 and its hue 143°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Darkgreen. White text reads best on it, at 10.70:1.

Colors that go with Darkgreen

Matches found by rotating Darkgreen around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Darkgreen

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Darkgreen, closest first.

• Matcha Morning
• Wildflower and Hay
• Sorrel Hedgerow
• Kumquat Peel
• Static Signal
• Ruby Clasp
• Static Arcade
• Gyokuro Garden

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Darkgreen, with their ΔE distance.

• Bottle Green #044A05 ΔE 0.004
• British Racing Green #05480D ΔE 0.006
• Racing Green #014600 ΔE 0.011
• Forrest Green #154406 ΔE 0.017
• Pine Green #0A481E ΔE 0.024
• Hunter Green #0B4008 ΔE 0.031
• Forest #0B5509 ΔE 0.041
• Evergreen #05472A ΔE 0.042

More about Darkgreen

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Darkgreen

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts green
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #304A34, a difference of ΔE 0.072 from Darkgreen. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Darkgreen in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Darkgreen

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F1F8F1

   oklch(97.2% 0.012 145.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E1EEDF

   oklch(93.5% 0.024 141.5)

3. Step 200

   200

   #C8E2C5

   oklch(88.6% 0.048 142.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #A0CF9D

   oklch(80.8% 0.085 143.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #6AB666

   oklch(70.7% 0.136 142.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #39A338

   oklch(63.2% 0.175 143)

7. Step 600

   600

   #008C0C

   oklch(55.5% 0.186 143)

8. Step 700

   700

   #007608

   oklch(49.1% 0.164 143)

9. Step 800

   800

   #006105

   oklch(42.7% 0.143 143)

10. Step 900

    900 (this color)

    #054907

    oklch(35.3% 0.114 143)

11. Step 950

    950

    #0C2F0C

    oklch(27% 0.072 143.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Darkgreen with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.