#254C16#254C16

#254C16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.094 H 138.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#254C16
RGB	rgb(37, 76, 22)
HSL	hsl(103, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(103, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, -25.30, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 37.01, 133.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% -0.0698 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.094 138.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4921, 5.6199, 1.6596)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 3.21

Forest Green (survey)

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 4.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#254C16 #3D164C

analogous

#404C16 #254C16 #164C22

triadic

#254C16 #16254C #4C1625

tetradic

#254C16 #16404C #3D164C #4C2216

square

#254C16 #16404C #3D164C #4C2216

split-complementary

#254C16 #22164C #4C1640

monochromatic

#0C1807 #0E1D08 #254C16 #3C7B24 #53AB31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#254C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#254C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #254C16

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##254C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##254C16	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F450F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #254c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 76, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.094 138.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637e56',
    500: '#254c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #254c16;
$custom-light: #637e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#254c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37455,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 138.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#254C16

secondary

#6F3A84

accent

#49DEB5

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#EBEEE9

border

#C6C9C5

text

#060A03

muted

#7A7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #254C16

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

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