#164E17#164E17

#164E17 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.103 H 143.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E17
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(121, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(121, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, -30.60, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 40.50, 139.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% -0.083 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.103 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2097, 5.6809, 1.7378)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.25

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E17 #4E164D

analogous

#314E16 #164E17 #164E33

triadic

#164E17 #17164E #4E1716

tetradic

#164E17 #16314E #4E164D #4E3316

square

#164E17 #16314E #4E164D #4E3316

split-complementary

#164E17 #33164E #4E1631

monochromatic

#071807 #091E09 #164E17 #237E25 #31AD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#164E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#164E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E17

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E17	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#094C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.103 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8057',
    500: '#164e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e17;
$custom-light: #5c8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.071,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37426,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E17

secondary

#853A84

accent

#49DDDF

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E17

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

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