#16501B#16501B

#16501B is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.103 H 144.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16501B
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(125, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(125, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, -30.90, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 39.97, 140.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% -0.0836 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.103 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.3972, 5.9867, 2.0132)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.93

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16501B #50164B

analogous

#2E5016 #16501B #165038

triadic

#16501B #1B1650 #501B16

tetradic

#16501B #162E50 #50164B #503816

square

#16501B #162E50 #50164B #503816

split-complementary

#16501B #381650 #50162E

monochromatic

#071808 #09200B #16501B #23802B #30B03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#16501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16501B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16501B	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)

#524815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B431F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.103 144.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38091,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16501B

secondary

#873A81

accent

#48D3E0

background

#F5F8F5

surface

#E9EFE9

border

#C5CAC5

text

#040A04

muted

#797C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #16501B

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

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