Monstera #5F674B

Monstera (#5F674B) is a dark, muted yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 121°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.044. 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#5F674B
RGBrgb(95, 103, 75)
HSLhsl(77, 16%, 35%)
HSVhsv(77, 27%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 27%, 60%)
CIE Lablab(42.2 -8.5 14.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.499 0.044 121)

How Monstera behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Monstera shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Monstera 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 5.95:1 and against black 3.53:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Monstera

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.

#b4bba4 · #8d957b · #5f674b · #464d34 · #272d16 · #0b0f01

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.

#6b9075 · #627e56 · #5f674b · #585423 · #504014 · #442d0b

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.

#a3c6bb · #6bae9a · #69887e · #5f674b · #424d23 · #29320b

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.

#c4cab7 · #a0a98c · #8a78a9 · #5f674b · #434739 · #262b16

Quiet Support

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

#f3f0f8 · #b4b7ad · #7e7c81 · #5f674b · #484c41 · #010102

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.

#f0f4e8 · #c7cbbd · #5f674b · #202511 · #020400 · #b6d356

Complementary

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

#f4efff · #bcadd7 · #8473a3 · #5f674b · #504267 · #010100

Split-complementary

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

#f4efff · #a7b4dd · #976d92 · #5f674b · #3d486d · #030003

Triadic

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

#e6f4ff · #94bbd9 · #a26a7a · #5f674b · #663b48 · #000510

Tetradic

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

#e2f6fa · #88c1cb · #8473a3 · #5f674b · #683c35 · #020006

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#767D64 · #8E947E · #A6AC99 · #BFC4B4 · #D9DDD1

Shades

#4E553C · #3E442E · #2F3421 · #202514 · #121608

Muted

#606650 · #616555 · #61645B

Using Monstera

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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