Showa era
Lemon Yellow & Deep Slate Olive +1
Plate 189 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Lemon Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Venice Green.
#253122
green · 10 palettes
Deep Slate Olive
About Deep Slate Olive
Deep Slate Olive is a deep, near-neutral green tone. Its hex value is #253122 — that is
RGB 37, 49, 34, or HSL 108°, 18%, 16%.
It holds 13.6:1 contrast against white, so Deep Slate Olive works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 13.6:1; on black 1.5:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Deep Slate Olive appears in 10 combinations — most often paired with Neutral Gray, Light Brown Drab and Sulpher Yellow.
Palettes with Deep Slate Olive
Deep Slate Olive appears in 10 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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