HEX atlas value

#16270C

#16270C is a cool green HEX color nearest Matte Black. RGB 22, 39, 12, HSL 98° 53% 10%, luminance 0.0165; view contrast and conversions.

green cool dark earth-tone jewel-tone

#16270C Sample readable text

HEX #16270C

RGB rgb(22, 39, 12)

HSL hsl(98 53% 10%)

CMYK cmyk(44, 0, 69, 85)

Luminance 0.0165

Contrast Black 1.33:1White 15.79:1

CSS

--color-16270c: #16270C;
.background-16270c { background-color: #16270C; }
.text-16270c { color: #16270C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #16270C

#16270C is classified as a cool green value with dark, earth tone, and jewel tone visual character. #16270C is visually closest to Matte Black, a named gray color with HEX #1A1A1A.

The RGB channels are 22, 39, and 12, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 98deg with 53% saturation and 10% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0165, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.52, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.33:1AA Fail

White text15.79:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #16270C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.33:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF15.79:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Carbon Black#0C0C0C · #FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1 #1D0C27#1D0C27 · #FFFFFF text · best 18.52:1 Matte Black#1A1A1A · #FFFFFF text · best 17.41:1 Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C · #FFFFFF text · best 17.05:1

Generated Palette

#16270C#16270C

#1D0C27#1D0C27

#23270C#23270C

#0C2710#0C2710

#3D6D22#3D6D22

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#1D0C27#1D0C27

#23270C#23270C

#0C2710#0C2710

#0C1627#0C1627

#270C16#270C16

Variants

#3D6D22#3D6D22

Black#000000

#142D06#142D06

#172112#172112

#507B37#507B37

#225C00#225C00

Nearest Named Colors

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Raisin#242124

Carbon Black#0C0C0C

Rubber#2A2725

Luminance0.0165

Black text1.33:1AA Fail

White text15.79:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#16270C","rgb":[22,39,12],"hsl":[98,53,10],"cmyk":[44,0,69,85],"luminance":0.0165,"contrast":{"black":1.33,"white":15.79}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.33,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":15.79,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1D0C27","hex":"#1D0C27","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.13,"contrastWhite":18.52,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.21,"contrastWhite":17.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.23,"contrastWhite":17.05,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","dark","earth tone","jewel tone","dark green","earth tone green","jewel tone green","Matte Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","rich accent palettes","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/16270c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/matte-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-fiber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raisin.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1D0C27","analogous":["#23270C","#0C2710"],"triadic":["#0C1627","#270C16"],"tetradic":["#0C2327","#1D0C27","#27100C"],"splitComplementary":["#100C27","#270C23"],"monochromatic":["#3D6D22","#16270C","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#3D6D22","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#142D06","desaturated":"#172112","pastel":"#507B37","neon":"#225C00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":19.519221295943137},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":20.322401432901575},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":28.42534080710379},{"slug":"carbon-black","name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","distance":28.792360097775937},{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":32.01562118716424}]

#16270C

CSS

About #16270C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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