Spruce #0A5F38

About this color

#0A5F38 is a dark, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 43%, its chroma 0.099 and its hue 156°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Spruce. White text reads best on it, at 7.75:1.

Colors that go with Spruce

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

Color palettes with Spruce

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

• Bracken Hollow
• Spruce Ridge
• Evergreen Light
• Lichen Light
• Rhubarb Basket
• Lime Slice
• Clementine Grove
• Puddle Recess

Similar named colors

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

• Pine #2B5D34 ΔE 0.019
• Deep Green #02590F ΔE 0.046
• Dark Green Blue #1F6357 ΔE 0.050
• Navy Green #35530A ΔE 0.052
• Forest #0B5509 ΔE 0.053
• Dark Green #006400 ΔE 0.058
• Dark Blue Green #005249 ΔE 0.059
• Army Green #4B5D16 ΔE 0.060

More about Spruce

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Spruce

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.

• 4 parts green
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #335838, a difference of ΔE 0.033 from Spruce. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Spruce 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 Spruce

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 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F1F7F3

   oklch(97.1% 0.008 157.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E1EDE5

   oklch(93.5% 0.017 156.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #C9E0D1

   oklch(88.5% 0.032 157.1)

4. Step 300

   300

   #A3CCB1

   oklch(80.8% 0.058 156)

5. Step 400

   400

   #6EB289

   oklch(70.7% 0.092 156.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #419E6B

   oklch(63% 0.118 156.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #138953

   oklch(55.6% 0.128 156.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #007444

   oklch(49.2% 0.118 156.6)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #0A5F38

   oklch(42.9% 0.099 156.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #154D30

    oklch(37.5% 0.077 156.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #0F2D1C

    oklch(26.9% 0.048 156.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Spruce 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.