#174C16#174C16

#174C16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.101 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174C16
RGB	rgb(23, 76, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(119, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, -29.64, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 39.59, 138.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% -0.0806 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.101 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0824, 5.4087, 1.6404)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 1.97

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174C16 #4B164C

analogous

#324C16 #174C16 #164C30

triadic

#174C16 #16174C #4C1617

tetradic

#174C16 #16324C #4B164C #4C3016

square

#174C16 #16324C #4B164C #4C3016

split-complementary

#174C16 #30164C #4C1632

monochromatic

#071807 #091D08 #174C16 #257B24 #34AB31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#174C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#174C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174C16

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174C16	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E440F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47401B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C4A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 76, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.101 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f56',
    500: '#174c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174c16;
$custom-light: #5c7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36833,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174C16

secondary

#823A84

accent

#49DEDC

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174C16

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

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