#174D16#174D16

#174D16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.102 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D16
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(119, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, -30.06, 26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 40.17, 138.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% -0.0817 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.102 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1519, 5.5475, 1.6636)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.08

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D16 #4C164D

analogous

#334D16 #174D16 #164D31

triadic

#174D16 #16174D #4D1617

tetradic

#174D16 #16334D #4C164D #4D3116

square

#174D16 #16334D #4C164D #4D3116

split-complementary

#174D16 #31164D #4D1633

monochromatic

#071807 #091D08 #174D16 #257D24 #33AC31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#174D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#174D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D16

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D16	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F450F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C4B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.102 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f56',
    500: '#174d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d16;
$custom-light: #5c7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.909,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37141,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D16

secondary

#833A85

accent

#49DFDC

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D16

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

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