#164E1A#164E1A

#164E1A is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.101 H 144.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#164E1A
RGB	rgb(22, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(124, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(124, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, -30.21, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 39.22, 140.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% -0.0818 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.101 144.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2415, 5.6936, 1.9052)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.53

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#164E1A #4E164A

analogous

#2E4E16 #164E1A #164E36

triadic

#164E1A #1A164E #4E1A16

tetradic

#164E1A #162E4E #4E164A #4E3616

square

#164E1A #162E4E #4E164A #4E3616

split-complementary

#164E1A #36164E #4E162E

monochromatic

#071808 #091E0A #164E1A #237E2A #31AD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#164E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#164E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #164E1A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##164E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##164E1A	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#084C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #164e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.101 144.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8059',
    500: '#164e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #164e1a;
$custom-light: #5c8059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#164e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#164E1A

secondary

#853A80

accent

#49D5DF

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #164E1A

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

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