Aloe Vera #678779

Aloe Vera (#678779) is a mid-tone, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 166°, lightness 0.59 and chroma 0.042. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#678779
RGBrgb(103, 135, 121)
HSLhsl(154, 13%, 47%)
HSVhsv(154, 24%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 10%, 47%)
CIE Lablab(53.6 -14.4 3.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.595 0.042 166)

How Aloe Vera behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Aloe Vera shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Aloe Vera in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.95:1 and against black 5.32:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Aloe Vera

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#c3ddd1 · #99b6a9 · #678779 · #4e6c5f · #2f483e · #11281f

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#77afb0 · #609e94 · #678779 · #4f7958 · #4d643f · #48502a

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#83c8dc · #83a3ad · #678779 · #3b6d5a · #21513f · #10313a

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#d7ece2 · #aacbbc · #93a59d · #678779 · #7e4d68 · #2d473c

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f7eff3 · #919d98 · #678779 · #686365 · #212c27 · #020101

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e9f5ef · #becdc6 · #678779 · #132921 · #000703 · #e456ac

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#e9f5ef · #becdc6 · #678779 · #132921 · #000703 · #f1ba4d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#feecf5 · #b68ba1 · #678779 · #84536d · #3f1b30 · #000301

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#feecf5 · #a98fb3 · #678779 · #8a5256 · #361e3e · #090001

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f0f0ff · #9695be · #678779 · #88573f · #421e0a · #010007

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eaf3ff · #829cbf · #678779 · #84536d · #3a2400 · #040002

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#7D998C · #92ABA0 · #A9BEB4 · #BFD1C9 · #D7E4DE

Shades

#537063 · #3F594E · #2D433A · #1B2F27 · #0B1C15

Muted

#6C857A · #72837B · #77827C

Using Aloe Vera

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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