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Named color

British Racing Green

British Racing Green is a dark and jewel tone green color with HEX #004225. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 66, 37, HSL 154, 100%, 13%, cool temperature, and is useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems.

#004225 green cool darkjewel-tone
HEX #004225
RGB rgb(0, 66, 37)
HSL hsl(154 100% 13%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 44, 74)
Luminance 0.0403
Contrast Black 1.81:1White 11.63:1

CSS Utilities

--color-british-racing-green: #004225;
.bg-british-racing-green { background-color: #004225; }
.text-british-racing-green { color: #004225; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0403
Black text1.81:1AA Fail
White text11.63:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    100,
    13
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    0,
    44,
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  ],
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  }
}
WCAG
{
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    "#FFFFFF",
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  ],
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    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
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    "#003E42"
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    "#422600"
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    "#42001D",
    "#3E4200"
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    "#420400"
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    "#004225",
    "#000000"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "pastel": "#0FB36C",
  "neon": "#006B3D"
}
Pairings
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    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
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    "#009E5A",
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About British Racing Green Color

British Racing Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and dark and jewel tone visual character. British Racing Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include heritage, craft, and specificity, which makes it relevant for museum design and education. In design work, British Racing Green is most useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Dark colorsFind colors with dark visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.British Racing Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #004225.British Racing Green CSS utilitiesUse British Racing Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#004225 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.British Racing Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on British Racing Green.British Racing Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for British Racing Green against black and white text.

Black text1.81:1AA Fail
White text11.63:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Emerald Dark#046307
Charcoal Blue#263238
Slate Black#26282A
Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C
Gunmetal#2A3439

Color Harmonies

#42001D#42001D
#004204#004204
#003E42#003E42
#260042#260042
#422600#422600
Open full British Racing Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#009E5A#009E5A
Black#000000
#004226#004226
#073B25#073B25
#0FB36C#0FB36C
#006B3D#006B3D

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#42001D#42001D
#004204#004204
#003E42#003E42
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5