#16501A#16501A

#16501A is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.104 H 144.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16501A
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 26)
HSL	hsl(124, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(124, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, -31.03, 25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 40.40, 140.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% -0.084 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.104 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3858, 5.9821, 1.9533)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.84

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16501A #50164C

analogous

#2F5016 #16501A #165037

triadic

#16501A #1A1650 #501A16

tetradic

#16501A #162F50 #50164C #503716

square

#16501A #162F50 #50164C #503716

split-complementary

#16501A #371650 #50162F

monochromatic

#071808 #09200A #16501A #23802A #30B039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#16501A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16501A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16501A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16501A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16501A	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B431F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#074E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16501a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.104 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8259',
    500: '#16501a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16501a;
$custom-light: #5c8259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16501a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.138,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38078,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16501A

secondary

#873A82

accent

#48D6E0

background

#F5F8F5

surface

#E9EFE9

border

#C5CAC5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #16501A

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

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