#174B16#174B16

#174B16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.100 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174B16
RGB	rgb(23, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(119, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, -29.22, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 39.00, 138.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% -0.0794 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.1 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0141, 5.2719, 1.6176)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 1.92

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174B16 #4A164B

analogous

#324B16 #174B16 #164B30

triadic

#174B16 #16174B #4B1617

tetradic

#174B16 #16324B #4A164B #4B3016

square

#174B16 #16324B #4A164B #4B3016

split-complementary

#174B16 #30164B #4B1632

monochromatic

#071807 #081C08 #174B16 #267A24 #34AA32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#174B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#174B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174B16

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174B16	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D4940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.100 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7e56',
    500: '#174b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174b16;
$custom-light: #5c7e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.868,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36525,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174B16

secondary

#813A83

accent

#4ADEDB

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174B16

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

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