#16490C#16490C

#16490C is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.105 H 140.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16490C
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 12)
HSL	hsl(110, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(110, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 83.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.63, -29.69, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.63, 41.85, 135.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% -0.0812 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.105 140.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.7796, 4.9619, 1.1590)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16490C #3F0C49

analogous

#35490C #16490C #0C4921

triadic

#16490C #0C1649 #490C16

tetradic

#16490C #0C3549 #3F0C49 #49210C

square

#16490C #0C3549 #3F0C49 #49210C

split-complementary

#16490C #210C49 #490C35

monochromatic

#081A04 #081A04 #16490C #267E15 #36B21D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#16490C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#16490C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16490C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16490C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16490C	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E463D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16490c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.105 140.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7c50',
    500: '#16490c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16490c;
$custom-light: #5b7c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16490c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.164,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35768,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 140.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16490C

secondary

#762C85

accent

#39EED1

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#E9EEE7

border

#C5C9C3

text

#040902

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #16490C

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

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