#16462B#16462B

#16462B is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.070 H 155.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16462B
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(146, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(146, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, -23.51, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 26.22, 153.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% -0.0638 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.07 155.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9568, 4.7250, 3.0412)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 8.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16462B #461631

analogous

#194616 #16462B #164643

triadic

#16462B #2B1646 #462B16

tetradic

#16462B #161946 #461631 #464316

square

#16462B #161946 #461631 #464316

split-complementary

#16462B #431646 #461619

monochromatic

#07170E #07170E #16462B #257548 #33A364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#16462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#16462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16462B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16462B	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.070 155.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597a64',
    500: '#16462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16462b;
$custom-light: #597a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.25,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3534,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 155.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16462B

secondary

#7D3A60

accent

#4C9DDC

background

#F5F7F6

surface

#E9EDEB

border

#C5C8C6

text

#040905

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16462B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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