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Recognised as Colour

#174B15

  • #174B15
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#174B15 is a green with RGB values 23, 75, 21 and HSL 118°, 56%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#174B15#174B15
HEX#174B15
RGBrgb(23, 75, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.2941, 0.0824
RGB percentages9%, 29.4%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(117.8, 56.3%, 18.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117.8, 72%, 29.4%)
CMYK69.3%, 0%, 72%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,526,549
CSS custom property--colour: #174B15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#E8B4EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#4D440Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#463F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0D4940no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#49154B
Analogous#324B15, #154B2E
Triadic#15174B, #4B1517
Split complementary#2E154B, #4B1532
Tetradic#15324B, #49154B, #4B2E15

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#5FD15B
Lighter +30%#3CC336
Lighter +20%#2F9B2B
Lighter +10%#237320
Darker −10%#0B230A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0C5709
Less saturated −25%#223F21

Channel breakdown

R23
G75
B21
Red23 (9%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue117.78°
Saturation (HSL)56.25%
Lightness18.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 4B · B 15

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