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Dominant Lorikeet

#106c23
Notes

Dominant Lorikeet (#106C23) is a deep green with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (132°, 74%, 24%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary magenta. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#106c23
RGB
rgb(16, 108, 35)
HSL
hsl(132, 74%, 24%)
HWB
hwb(132 6% 58%)
OKLCH
oklch(46.5% 0.135 145.7)
HSV
hsv(132, 85%, 42%)
LAB
lab(39.51% -41.51 32.75)
LCH
lch(39.51% 52.88 141.72)
CMYK
cmyk(85%, 0%, 68%, 58%)

Etymology

Dominant
adjective

Latin dominārī, to rule — present-participle of dominate. As a color modifier, dominant implies a saturated-and-leading quality where the hue claims visual precedence over neighboring colors in the surrounding palette. Sits at the bold-and-imperative end of the grid, parallel to commanding and authoritative.

Lorikeet
noun

The subfamily Loriinae — Australasian rainbow lorikeets and their relatives, brush-tongued nectar-feeding parrots with vivid multicolored plumage. Lorikeet color refers to the green wing covers of Trichoglossus moluccanus: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the satin finish of structural-pigment feather color.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#106c23
Original
#6e611a
Protanopia
#645a2a
Deuteranopia
#00695d
Tritanopia
#535353
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
6.58:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.19:1

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