#174A16#174A16

#174A16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.098 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A16
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(119, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, -28.80, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 38.41, 138.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% -0.0783 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.098 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9468, 5.1374, 1.5952)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 1.93

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A16 #49164A

analogous

#314A16 #174A16 #164A2F

triadic

#174A16 #16174A #4A1617

tetradic

#174A16 #16314A #49164A #4A2F16

square

#174A16 #16314A #49164A #4A2F16

split-complementary

#174A16 #2F164A #4A1631

monochromatic

#071807 #081B08 #174A16 #267924 #34A832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#174A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#174A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A16

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A16	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D483F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.098 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d56',
    500: '#174a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a16;
$custom-light: #5b7d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36216,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A16

secondary

#803A82

accent

#4ADEDB

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A16

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

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