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Olive drab

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Olive Drab
 
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Hex triplet#6B8E23
sRGBB (r, g, b)(107, 142, 35)
HSV (h, s, v)(80°, 75%, 56%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 60, 107°)
Source[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Olive Drab is the color olive shaded green.

Another type of Olive Drab is shown here.

Olive Drab (shade 2)
 
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Hex triplet#628318
sRGBB (r, g, b)(98, 131, 24)
HSV (h, s, v)(79°, 82%, 51%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(51, 57, 107°)
Source[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Shades of olive, such as Olive Drab, are frequently used for camouflage, and by the military in general.

See also: List of colors

Olive Drab was also the standard fighting uniform for US GIs. It is a solid colour uniform and thus not much use for camoflage.