#174A18#174A18

#174A18 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.096 H 143.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174A18
RGB	rgb(23, 74, 24)
HSL	hsl(121, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(121, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 67.6%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, -28.54, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 37.54, 139.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% -0.0775 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.096 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9668, 5.1454, 1.7008)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.21

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174A18 #4A1749

analogous

#304A17 #174A18 #174A32

triadic

#174A18 #18174A #4A1817

tetradic

#174A18 #17304A #4A1749 #4A3217

square

#174A18 #17304A #4A1749 #4A3217

split-complementary

#174A18 #32174A #4A1730

monochromatic

#071708 #081B09 #174A18 #267927 #34A736

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#174A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#174A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174A18

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174A18	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D483F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 74, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.096 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b7d57',
    500: '#174a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174a18;
$custom-light: #5b7d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.176,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36242,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174A18

secondary

#813C80

accent

#4CD9DC

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174A18

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

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