#16991E#16991E

#16991E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.189 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16991E
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(124, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(124, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -56.02, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 75.61, 137.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.1517 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.189 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9557, 23.0453, 5.0461)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16991E #991691

analogous

#509916 #16991E #169960

triadic

#16991E #1E1699 #991E16

tetradic

#16991E #165099 #991691 #996016

square

#16991E #165099 #991691 #996016

split-complementary

#16991E #601699 #991650

monochromatic

#072E09 #0E6314 #16991E #1ECF28 #45E44F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#16991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#16991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16991E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16991E	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#8F802D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.189 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b864',
    500: '#16991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16991e;
$custom-light: #70b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.664,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59484,
    "c": 0.1894,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16991E

secondary

#C546BD

accent

#36E6F1

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091106

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16991E

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

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