#174E17#174E17

#174E17 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.103 H 143.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E17
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(120, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, -30.35, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 40.34, 138.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% -0.0824 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.103 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2322, 5.6925, 1.7389)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.30

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E17 #4E174E

analogous

#334E17 #174E17 #174E33

triadic

#174E17 #17174E #4E1717

tetradic

#174E17 #17334E #4E174E #4E3317

square

#174E17 #17334E #4E174E #4E3317

split-complementary

#174E17 #33174E #4E1733

monochromatic

#071807 #091F09 #174E17 #257D25 #33AD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#174E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#174E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E17

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E17	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)

#504610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B4C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.103 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8057',
    500: '#174e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e17;
$custom-light: #5c8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3746,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E17

secondary

#853C85

accent

#4ADEDE

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E17

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

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