#179E16#179E16

#179E16 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.198 H 142.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#179E16
RGB	rgb(23, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(120, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(120, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.4%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -57.90, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 79.55, 136.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.1572 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.198 142.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7242, 24.6922, 4.8544)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#179E16 #9D169E

analogous

#5B9E16 #179E16 #169E59

triadic

#179E16 #16179E #9E1617

tetradic

#179E16 #165B9E #9D169E #9E5916

square

#179E16 #165B9E #9D169E #9E5916

split-complementary

#179E16 #59169E #9E165B

monochromatic

#073307 #0F680F #179E16 #1FD41D #4AE649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#179E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#179E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #179E16

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##179E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##179E16	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #179e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.198 142.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bc62',
    500: '#179e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #179e16;
$custom-light: #72bc62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#179e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.19784,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#179E16

secondary

#C649C7

accent

#36F2F1

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EEF7EB

border

#C9D0C6

text

#0A1206

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #179E16

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

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