Kelp Forest Palette

Underwater kelp fronds swaying in filtered light — deep olive-green-brown, murkier and more aquatic than olive-grove's dry Mediterranean tone.

#0F2A1F

deep water-shadow green

HSL 156° 47% 11%

15.3:1 on white

#2E4A2E

kelp-frond dark green

HSL 120° 23% 24%

9.8:1 on white

#4A6B3D

kelp green-brown

HSL 103° 27% 33%

6.1:1 on white

#6B8A54

filtered-light green

HSL 94° 24% 44%

3.9:1 on white

#B8C99A

sunlit surface-water green

HSL 82° 30% 70%

1.8:1 on white

Using this palette

Distinctly murkier and more brown-shifted than the other greens in this set — underwater light scatters and desaturates quickly with depth, so real kelp forest color reads heavier and less clean than terrestrial forest greens like forest-canopy or moody-forest, closer to actual algae-brown-green than to leaf green. #0F2A1F and #2E4A2E both carry light text well. Suits marine conservation, aquarium, or underwater-nature branding specifically; distinguishable from olive-grove's drier, grayer Mediterranean olive by its heavier, wetter-looking undertone.