#16500E#16500E

#16500E is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.113 H 141.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16500E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 14)
HSL	hsl(113, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(113, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, -32.32, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 44.99, 135.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% -0.0882 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.113 141.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2786, 5.9393, 1.3890)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16500E #480E50

analogous

#37500E #16500E #0E5027

triadic

#16500E #0E1650 #500E16

tetradic

#16500E #0E3750 #480E50 #50270E

square

#16500E #0E3750 #480E50 #50270E

split-complementary

#16500E #270E50 #500E37

monochromatic

#071A05 #081C05 #16500E #248417 #33B820

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#16500E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16500E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16500E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16500E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16500E	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A4D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16500e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.113 141.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d8252',
    500: '#16500e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16500e;
$custom-light: #5d8252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16500e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.727,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37953,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 141.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16500E

secondary

#7F2F8B

accent

#3BEDD7

background

#F5F8F4

surface

#E9EFE7

border

#C5CAC3

text

#050A02

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #16500E

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

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