#16991A#16991A

#16991A is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.191 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16991A
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 26)
HSL	hsl(122, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(122, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -56.27, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 76.59, 137.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.1526 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.191 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9078, 23.0261, 4.7940)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16991A #991695

analogous

#549916 #16991A #16995C

triadic

#16991A #1A1699 #991A16

tetradic

#16991A #165499 #991695 #995C16

square

#16991A #165499 #991695 #995C16

split-complementary

#16991A #5C1699 #991654

monochromatic

#072E08 #0E6311 #16991A #1ECF23 #45E44A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#16991A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#16991A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16991A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16991A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16991A	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16991a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.191 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b863',
    500: '#16991a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16991a;
$custom-light: #70b863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16991a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.832,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59461,
    "c": 0.19122,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16991A

secondary

#C546C1

accent

#36ECF1

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091206

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16991A

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

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