Envy #8BA58F

Envy (#8BA58F) is a light, muted green with an OKLCH hue of 150°, lightness 0.7 and chroma 0.043. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#8BA58F
RGBrgb(139, 165, 143)
HSLhsl(129, 13%, 60%)
HSVhsv(129, 16%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 13%, 35%)
CIE Lablab(65.3 -13.4 8.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.696 0.043 150)

How Envy behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Envy shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Envy 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 2.67:1 and against black 7.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Envy

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.

#e3f8e6 · #b9d1bc · #8ba58f · #6c8470 · #4b5f4e · #2b3d2e

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.

#99d0c5 · #87bea6 · #8ba58f · #7a9469 · #767e52 · #6e6941

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.

#a1c4c6 · #8ba58f · #648a6b · #1d6f74 · #2e5035 · #0e3335

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.

#d1ebd5 · #b6c4b8 · #8ba58f · #956c92 · #4e6351 · #354337

Quiet Support

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

#f6eff5 · #8ba58f · #7c857d · #514c50 · #1a221b · #020102

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.

#ebf5ec · #c1cdc2 · #8ba58f · #162719 · #000600 · #d771d1

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.

#ebf5ec · #c1cdc2 · #8ba58f · #162719 · #000600 · #f3b94d

Complementary

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

#fbedf9 · #8ba58f · #977593 · #653e62 · #30132e · #000200

Split-complementary

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

#fbedf9 · #8ba58f · #877aa1 · #6f3c4d · #241739 · #050001

Triadic

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

#edf2ff · #8ba58f · #7381a7 · #723d35 · #38110c · #000008

Tetradic

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

#e5f4ff · #8ba58f · #6087a2 · #653e62 · #341700 · #030003

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#9BB29F · #ACC0AF · #BCCEBF · #CDDBCF · #DEE9E0

Shades

#708874 · #576B5A · #3F5041 · #28372A · #121F15

Muted

#8FA392 · #93A295 · #97A098

Using Envy

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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