#178E42#178E42

#178E42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.150 H 149.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E42
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(142, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(142, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, -48.28, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 57.71, 146.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.1296 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.15 149.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0088, 19.9201, 8.4180)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E42 #8E1763

analogous

#278E17 #178E42 #178E7E

triadic

#178E42 #42178E #8E4217

tetradic

#178E42 #17278E #8E1763 #8E7E17

square

#178E42 #17278E #8E1763 #8E7E17

split-complementary

#178E42 #7E178E #8E1727

monochromatic

#062511 #0E592A #178E42 #20C35A #3FE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#178E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#178E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E42

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E42	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.150 149.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb078',
    500: '#178e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e42;
$custom-light: #6bb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.681,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56789,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 149.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E42

secondary

#C04092

accent

#39ADEF

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E42

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

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