#174A11#174A11

#174A11 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.102 H 141.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A11
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 17)
HSL	hsl(114, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(114, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, -29.37, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 40.44, 136.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% -0.0801 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.102 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9032, 5.1199, 1.3655)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 1.66

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A11 #44114A

analogous

#334A11 #174A11 #114A27

triadic

#174A11 #11174A #4A1117

tetradic

#174A11 #11334A #44114A #4A2711

square

#174A11 #11334A #44114A #4A2711

split-complementary

#174A11 #27114A #4A1133

monochromatic

#081906 #081906 #174A11 #267C1C #36AE28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#174A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#174A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A11

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A11	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E473F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.102 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7d53',
    500: '#174a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a11;
$custom-light: #5c7d53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.684,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3616,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A11

secondary

#7B3383

accent

#42E6D4

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#E9EEE7

border

#C5C9C3

text

#040A02

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A11

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

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