#08690ELeafy Lush (#08690E) is a dark, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 143°, lightness 0.45 and chroma 0.147. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #08690E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(8, 105, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(124, 86%, 22%) |
| HSV | hsv(124, 92%, 41%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(92%, 0%, 87%, 59%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(38.2 -43.3 39.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.453 0.147 143) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Leafy Lush shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#1f6606 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#16690a — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#08690e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#056a0f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Leafy Lush in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 6.91:1 and against black 3.04:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#7ebb7b · #50964e · #08690e · #004c03 · #002700 · #000800
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.
#008d75 · #007b4d · #08690e · #374f00 · #383900 · #302600
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.
#6dbfbf · #00a5a5 · #358080 · #08690e · #004a03 · #002c00
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.
#9dc59a · #be72c7 · #08690e · #2b3f2a · #002600 · #000a00
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f9edfa · #a4b4a3 · #746c75 · #08690e · #334332 · #020002
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.
#f7eef8 · #cfc5d0 · #a397a4 · #2a1d2c · #080109 · #08690e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2d7b2 · #f12f82 · #61704e · #08690e · #4b3a5e · #220604
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f1cbb9 · #9e7a8e · #7252bf · #08690e · #473f5e · #0f1004
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ebf2ff · #87aef9 · #b54545 · #08690e · #71161c · #000012
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e3f5ff · #57bbed · #974da0 · #08690e · #622d00 · #050008
#3A8138 · #5D995A · #7FB17B · #A0CA9D · #C3E3C0
#005804 · #004702 · #003701 · #002800 · #001900
#276626 · #386236 · #445E43
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.