#173C16#173C16

#173C16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.077 H 143.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173C16
RGB	rgb(23, 60, 22)
HSL	hsl(118, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(118, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, -22.50, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 29.66, 139.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% -0.0612 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.077 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1139, 3.4716, 1.3176)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Dark Green

#033500

ΔE00 4.04

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173C16 #3B163C

analogous

#2A3C16 #173C16 #163C28

triadic

#173C16 #16173C #3C1617

tetradic

#173C16 #162A3C #3B163C #3C2816

square

#173C16 #162A3C #3B163C #3C2816

split-complementary

#173C16 #28163C #3C162A

monochromatic

#091608 #091608 #173C16 #286926 #399637

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#173C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#173C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173C16

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173C16	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#123A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 60, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.077 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#587254',
    500: '#173c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173c16;
$custom-light: #587254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31864,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173C16

secondary

#723B73

accent

#52D6D3

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#E9ECE7

border

#C5C7C3

text

#030803

muted

#787B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #173C16

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

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