#164B17#164B17

#164B17 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.099 H 143.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164B17
RGB	rgb(22, 75, 23)
HSL	hsl(121, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(121, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 69.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, -29.35, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 38.74, 139.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% -0.0797 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.099 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0014, 5.2643, 1.6684)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 1.96

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164B17 #4B164A

analogous

#304B16 #164B17 #164B32

triadic

#164B17 #17164B #4B1716

tetradic

#164B17 #16304B #4B164A #4B3216

square

#164B17 #16304B #4B164A #4B3216

split-complementary

#164B17 #32164B #4B1630

monochromatic

#071807 #081C08 #164B17 #247A26 #32AA34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#164B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#164B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164B17

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164B17	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A4940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 75, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.099 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7e56',
    500: '#164b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164b17;
$custom-light: #5b7e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.132,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36502,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164B17

secondary

#833A81

accent

#4ADBDE

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #164B17

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

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