Bottle Green #006A4E

Bottle Green (#006A4E) is a dark, soft blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 167°, lightness 0.47 and chroma 0.095. 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#006A4E
RGBrgb(0, 106, 78)
HSLhsl(164, 100%, 21%)
HSVhsv(164, 100%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 0%, 26%, 58%)
CIE Lablab(39.3 -33.8 8.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.465 0.095 167)

How Bottle Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bottle Green shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.62:1 and against black 3.17:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Bottle Green

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.

#80bba3 · #51977c · #006a4e · #004d38 · #00291c · #000a04

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.

#3e898c · #1e7a6f · #006a4e · #1d562f · #264212 · #272e00

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.

#8ebbca · #43a2bb · #567d89 · #006a4e · #004b36 · #002e1f

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.

#a0c7b6 · #be7b9f · #006a4e · #2d4139 · #00281b · #000c06

Quiet Support

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

#f9eef3 · #a6b4ae · #787174 · #006a4e · #36453e · #030102

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.

#faeef4 · #d3c4cb · #a7979e · #2e1c25 · #0a0005 · #006a4e

Complementary

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

#d7dbb6 · #93ba82 · #c72fec · #006a4e · #3e416f · #0d082e

Split-complementary

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

#f2caba · #c164c2 · #836564 · #006a4e · #434467 · #041111

Triadic

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

#f0f0ff · #aca9df · #a06040 · #006a4e · #633217 · #01000a

Tetradic

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

#eaf3ff · #92b3e1 · #9b5b7e · #006a4e · #583a00 · #050002

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#398167 · #5D9981 · #7FB19C · #A0C9B8 · #C3E2D4

Shades

#005840 · #004733 · #003726 · #00271A · #00180F

Muted

#276751 · #396353 · #476055

Using Bottle Green

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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