#178E17#178E17

#178E17 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.181 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E17
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(120, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(120, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -52.93, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 72.38, 137.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% -0.1437 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.181 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1804, 19.5888, 4.0549)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E17 #8E178E

analogous

#538E17 #178E17 #178E53

triadic

#178E17 #17178E #8E1717

tetradic

#178E17 #17538E #8E178E #8E5317

square

#178E17 #17538E #8E178E #8E5317

split-complementary

#178E17 #53178E #8E1753

monochromatic

#062506 #0E590E #178E17 #20C320 #3FE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#178E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#178E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E17

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E17	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)

#008A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.181 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db060',
    500: '#178e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e17;
$custom-light: #6db060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56353,
    "c": 0.18058,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E17

secondary

#C040C0

accent

#39EFEF

background

#F7FBF5

surface

#EDF6EA

border

#C8D0C6

text

#081105

muted

#7B8079

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E17

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

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