#255E17#255E17

#255E17 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.119 H 140.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255E17
RGB	rgb(37, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(108, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(108, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -33.15, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 47.10, 134.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% -0.0909 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.119 140.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9201, 8.4602, 2.1841)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255E17 #50175E

analogous

#485E17 #255E17 #175E2C

triadic

#255E17 #17255E #5E1725

tetradic

#255E17 #17485E #50175E #5E2C17

square

#255E17 #17485E #50175E #5E2C17

split-complementary

#255E17 #2C175E #5E1748

monochromatic

#0A1906 #122D0B #255E17 #388F23 #4CC02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#255E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#255E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255E17

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255E17	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.119 140.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c59',
    500: '#255e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255e17;
$custom-light: #678c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.169,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42799,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 140.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255E17

secondary

#833C95

accent

#44E4C4

background

#F6F8F5

surface

#EBF0E9

border

#C6CBC5

text

#060C04

muted

#7A7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #255E17

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →