#16491B#16491B

#16491B is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.092 H 145.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16491B
RGB	rgb(22, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(126, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(126, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, -27.94, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 35.76, 141.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% -0.0756 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.092 145)
XYZ	xyz(2.9111, 5.0145, 1.8512)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 2.90

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16491B #491644

analogous

#2A4916 #16491B #164934

triadic

#16491B #1B1649 #491B16

tetradic

#16491B #162A49 #491644 #493416

square

#16491B #162A49 #491644 #493416

split-complementary

#16491B #341649 #49162A

monochromatic

#071809 #081A0A #16491B #24782C #32A73E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#16491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#16491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16491B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16491B	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A473F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.092 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a7c59',
    500: '#16491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16491b;
$custom-light: #5a7c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.882,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3594,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.05015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16491B

secondary

#803A7A

accent

#4BCFDD

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040903

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #16491B

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

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