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Untroubled Tarragon

#6b9f5c
Notes

Untroubled Tarragon (#6B9F5C) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (107°, 27%, 49%) places it in the muted band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#6b9f5c
RGB
rgb(107, 159, 92)
HSL
hsl(107, 27%, 49%)
HWB
hwb(107 36% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.9% 0.111 138.9)
P3
color(display-p3 0.4643 0.6181 0.3887)
HSV
hsv(107, 42%, 62%)
LAB
lab(60.51% -30.46 29.58)
LCH
lch(60.51% 42.46 135.84)
CMYK
cmyk(33%, 0%, 42%, 38%)

Etymology

Untroubled
adjective

Latin turbāre, to disturb — negative-prefix un- plus past-participle of trouble. As a color modifier, untroubled implies a clear-and-calm-and-undisturbed quality where the hue carries no visual agitation. Sits at the crisp-and-calm end of the grid, parallel to serene and placid in usage.

Tarragon
noun

Artemisia dracunculus, the French tarragon — small narrow-leaved relative of wormwood whose volatile oil tastes faintly of anise. The color refers to fresh tarragon leaves on the stem: a saturated, slightly muted green with the matte finish of a Composite-family leaf surface. Cooler than basil, lighter than spinach, with the kitchen specificity of a herb that defines béarnaise and a French roast chicken.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#6b9f5c
Original
#a39557
Protanopia
#9b9060
Deuteranopia
#689b8f
Tritanopia
#8f8f8f
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.12:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
6.74:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##6B9F5C
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.4643 0.6181 0.3887)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.111

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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