#174E16#174E16

#174E16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.104 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E16
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(119, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(119, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, -30.47, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 40.75, 138.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% -0.0828 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.104 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2224, 5.6885, 1.6871)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.25

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E16 #4D164E

analogous

#334E16 #174E16 #164E31

triadic

#174E16 #16174E #4E1617

tetradic

#174E16 #16334E #4D164E #4E3116

square

#174E16 #16334E #4D164E #4E3116

split-complementary

#174E16 #31164E #4E1633

monochromatic

#071807 #091E09 #174E16 #257E23 #33AD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#174E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#174E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E16

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E16	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50460F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B4C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.104 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8056',
    500: '#174e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e16;
$custom-light: #5c8056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.929,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37448,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E16

secondary

#843A85

accent

#49DFDD

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E16

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

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