#16501E#16501E

#16501E is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.100 H 145.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16501E
RGB	rgb(22, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(128, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(128, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, -30.47, 23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 38.65, 142.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% -0.0823 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.1 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4337, 6.0013, 2.2055)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16501E #501648

analogous

#2B5016 #16501E #16503B

triadic

#16501E #1E1650 #501E16

tetradic

#16501E #162B50 #501648 #503B16

square

#16501E #162B50 #501648 #503B16

split-complementary

#16501E #3B1650 #50162B

monochromatic

#071809 #09200C #16501E #238030 #30B042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#16501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16501E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16501E	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.100 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c825b',
    500: '#16501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16501e;
$custom-light: #5c825b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38133,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16501E

secondary

#873A7D

accent

#48CBE0

background

#F5F8F5

surface

#E9EFE9

border

#C5CAC5

text

#040A04

muted

#797C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #16501E

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

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