#174E1B#174E1B

#174E1B is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.099 H 144.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#174E1B
RGB	rgb(23, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(124, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(124, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, -29.82, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 38.62, 140.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% -0.0808 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.099 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2754, 5.7097, 1.9662)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

British Racing Green

#05480D

ΔE00 2.69

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#174E1B #4E174A

analogous

#2E4E17 #174E1B #174E37

triadic

#174E1B #1B174E #4E1B17

tetradic

#174E1B #172E4E #4E174A #4E3717

square

#174E1B #172E4E #4E174A #4E3717

split-complementary

#174E1B #37174E #4E172E

monochromatic

#071808 #091F0B #174E1B #257D2B #33AD3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#174E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#174E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #174E1B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##174E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##174E1B	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A4C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #174e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.099 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8059',
    500: '#174e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #174e1b;
$custom-light: #5c8059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#174e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37512,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#174E1B

secondary

#853C80

accent

#4AD3DE

background

#F5F7F5

surface

#E9EEE9

border

#C5C9C5

text

#040A03

muted

#797C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #174E1B

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

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