#178E16#178E16

#178E16 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.181 H 142.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E16
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(120, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(120, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, -52.99, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 72.61, 136.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% -0.1438 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.181 142.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1705, 19.5848, 4.0031)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E16 #8D168E

analogous

#538E16 #178E16 #168E51

triadic

#178E16 #16178E #8E1617

tetradic

#178E16 #16538E #8D168E #8E5116

square

#178E16 #16538E #8D168E #8E5116

split-complementary

#178E16 #51168E #8E1653

monochromatic

#062406 #0E590E #178E16 #20C31E #3FE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#178E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#178E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E16

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E16	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.181 142.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb05f',
    500: '#178e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e16;
$custom-light: #6eb05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56348,
    "c": 0.181,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E16

secondary

#C03FC1

accent

#38F0EE

background

#F7FBF5

surface

#EDF6EA

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091105

muted

#7B8079

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E16

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

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