#173E16#173E16

#173E16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.080 H 143.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#173E16
RGB	rgb(23, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(119, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 64.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.60, -23.45, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.60, 30.97, 139.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% -0.0638 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.08 143)
XYZ	xyz(2.2207, 3.6851, 1.3532)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 4.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#173E16 #3D163E

analogous

#2B3E16 #173E16 #163E29

triadic

#173E16 #16173E #3E1617

tetradic

#173E16 #162B3E #3D163E #3E2916

square

#173E16 #162B3E #3D163E #3E2916

split-complementary

#173E16 #29163E #3E162B

monochromatic

#081708 #081708 #173E16 #286B26 #399836

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#173E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#173E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #173E16

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##173E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##173E16	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #173e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.080 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#597454',
    500: '#173e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #173e16;
$custom-light: #597454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#173e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32489,
    "c": 0.07983,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.03685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#173E16

secondary

#743B75

accent

#51D7D4

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#E9EDE7

border

#C5C8C3

text

#040803

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #173E16

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

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