Color Information
Dark Green #16712C
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- HEX
- #16712C
- RGB
- 22, 113, 44
- HSL
- 135°, 67%, 26%
- CMYK
- 81%, 0%, 61%, 56%
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Dark Green
#16712C
Accessibility
How readable text is on this colour, measured against WCAG 2.2.
- White text
- 6.12:1 AA
- Black text
- 3.43:1 AA large text only
Use white text on this colour — it reaches 6.12:1 and clears AA at any size.
- AA
- 4.5:1 for body text, 3:1 for large text and interface elements.
- AAA
- 7:1 for body text, 4.5:1 for large text.
Color Variations & Tints
The same hue, lighter and darker. Each one has its own page.
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Go to color
#6C9F71
Lightness: 65%
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Go to color
#53905A
Lightness: 60%
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Go to color
#388043
Lightness: 54%
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Current color
#16712C
Lightness: 26%
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Go to color
#116024
Lightness: 43%
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Go to color
#0C4F1C
Lightness: 38%
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Go to color
#083E15
Lightness: 32%
Color Harmonies
Six established ways to build a palette around #16712C. Click any swatch to copy its value, or open it to see the full breakdown.
Complementary
The colour directly opposite on the wheel.
- Use it when
- Highest possible contrast between two hues. Use it when one element has to stand out against everything else: a call-to-action button, a highlight, a single focal point.
- Watch out
- Side by side at full saturation the edges appear to vibrate. Give one colour far less area than the other, or take saturation out of one of them.
Split-complementary
Instead of the opposite colour, the two next to it.
- Use it when
- Almost the contrast of a complementary pair, but noticeably calmer. A good default when complementary feels too harsh: one dominant colour, two accents.
- Watch out
- The two accents are close to each other. Keep them apart in the layout, or one will read as a mistake.
Analogous
Direct neighbours on the wheel.
- Use it when
- Naturally harmonious because the colours share undertones. Works well for backgrounds, gradients and calm interfaces where nothing should shout.
- Watch out
- Contrast between them is low. Do not rely on hue alone to separate interactive elements - vary lightness as well.
Triadic
Three hues at equal distance, 120 degrees apart.
- Use it when
- Vivid and balanced at the same time. Suits playful, illustrative work and anything that needs three clearly distinct categories.
- Watch out
- Three strong colours are hard to balance. Let one dominate and treat the other two as accents, otherwise the result looks restless.
Tetradic
Four hues forming two complementary pairs.
- Use it when
- The richest of the classic schemes. Useful when a design genuinely needs four distinct colours, for example a chart with four series.
- Watch out
- The hardest scheme to control. Choose one lead colour, use the rest sparingly, and watch the balance between warm and cool.
Monochromatic
One hue, stepped through lightness.
- Use it when
- Always coherent, because there is only one hue. The natural choice for interface hierarchies, single-series charts and restrained designs.
- Watch out
- Can read as flat. Add one neutral or a single accent colour wherever something needs to be noticed.
Using this color
The same colour behaves very differently depending on where it sits. The mockups show it leading a design; the cards below state contrast ratios, so you can see at a glance what holds up.
A headline that carries the page
Supporting copy sits underneath, quiet enough to stay out of the way.
Good morning
Your dashboard
Balance
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White card on the lead colour
The safest pattern in the set: the card carries the text, the colour carries the mood.
ActionColoured card
A second surface, drawn from the same palette.
Gradients between neighbouring hues stay clean. Across the wheel they pass through a muddy middle - keep those short.
#16712C leads; the supporting tones are taken from its own scale, so what you see is one colour doing the whole job.
As a background
6.12:1 passes AAHeading on this colour
Body text at white, the more readable of the two options.
Fine for body text, though not the most comfortable for long passages.
As a button
The outlined and subtle variants use #16712C for the label, the colour itself, which is already readable on white.
As text on white
ready to useThe colour itself
Reaches 6.12:1 on white and can be used for body text as it is.
As a section behind cards
Card title
White cards on a coloured band are a safe pattern: the card carries the text, the colour carries the mood.
Read more →As an accent
Highlighted notice
A coloured edge draws attention without touching legibility.
Body copy with an inline link in the adjusted shade.
In a gradient
Neighbouring hues blend smoothly. Complements pass through a muddy middle, so keep that gradient short or add a stop.
How others see this colour
Around one in twelve men and one in two hundred women perceive colour differently. Two shades that look distinct to most people can collapse into one for them - which is why meaning should never rest on colour alone.
Normal vision
#16712C
Protanopia
#736625
about 1% of men
Deuteranopia
#685F32
about 1% of men
Tritanopia
#006E62
rare, affects both sexes
A scale you can ship
Ten steps from this colour, spaced in OKLab so each one looks as far from its neighbour as the next. Take it as a Tailwind palette, CSS variables, SCSS or JSON.
colors: {
'dark-green': {
'50': '#e1ffe3',
'100': '#caf8cd',
'200': '#b1eab6',
'300': '#90d697',
'400': '#69b973',
'500': '#4b9e57',
'600': '#338441',
'700': '#20682e',
'800': '#174c21',
'900': '#133218',
},
}
:root {
--dark-green-50: #e1ffe3;
--dark-green-100: #caf8cd;
--dark-green-200: #b1eab6;
--dark-green-300: #90d697;
--dark-green-400: #69b973;
--dark-green-500: #4b9e57;
--dark-green-600: #338441;
--dark-green-700: #20682e;
--dark-green-800: #174c21;
--dark-green-900: #133218;
}
$dark-green-50: #e1ffe3;
$dark-green-100: #caf8cd;
$dark-green-200: #b1eab6;
$dark-green-300: #90d697;
$dark-green-400: #69b973;
$dark-green-500: #4b9e57;
$dark-green-600: #338441;
$dark-green-700: #20682e;
$dark-green-800: #174c21;
$dark-green-900: #133218;
{
"dark-green": {
"50": "#e1ffe3",
"100": "#caf8cd",
"200": "#b1eab6",
"300": "#90d697",
"400": "#69b973",
"500": "#4b9e57",
"600": "#338441",
"700": "#20682e",
"800": "#174c21",
"900": "#133218"
}
}
Every value for this colour
This colour is the even blend of #2CE258 and #000000.
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sRGB, white point D65, 2° observer. Hunter-Lab follows its classic definition on illuminant C.
Use it in code
The same colour in the notations you are likely to need.
:root {
--dark-green: #16712c;
}
.element {
color: #16712c;
background-color: rgb(22 113 44 / 10%);
}
// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'dark-green': '#16712c',
},
},
}
$dark-green: #16712c;
$dark-green-light: lighten($dark-green, 15%);
$dark-green-dark: darken($dark-green, 15%);
Color(red: 0.086, green: 0.443, blue: 0.173)
// UIKit
UIColor(red: 0.086, green: 0.443, blue: 0.173, alpha: 1.0)
<!-- colors.xml -->
<color name="dark_green">#16712C</color>
// Compose
val DarkGreen = Color(0xFF16712C)
hsl(135, 67%, 26%)
rgb(22, 113, 44)
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