#174D17#174D17

#174D17 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.102 H 143.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174D17
RGB	rgb(23, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, -29.94, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 39.75, 138.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% -0.0813 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.102 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1617, 5.5515, 1.7154)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.15

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174D17 #4D174D

analogous

#324D17 #174D17 #174D32

triadic

#174D17 #17174D #4D1717

tetradic

#174D17 #17324D #4D174D #4D3217

square

#174D17 #17324D #4D174D #4D3217

split-complementary

#174D17 #32174D #4D1732

monochromatic

#071807 #091E09 #174D17 #257C25 #33AB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#174D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#174D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174D17

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174D17	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)

#4F4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C4B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.102 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c7f57',
    500: '#174d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174d17;
$custom-light: #5c7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37153,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174D17

secondary

#843C84

accent

#4ADDDD

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174D17

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

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