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Stalwart Greenroom

#169d1f
Notes

Stalwart Greenroom (#169D1F) is a true 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 (124°, 75%, 35%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#169d1f
RGB
rgb(22, 157, 31)
HSL
hsl(124, 75%, 35%)
HWB
hwb(124 9% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(60.6% 0.193 143.3)
P3
color(display-p3 0.2859 0.6065 0.2122)
HSV
hsv(124, 86%, 62%)
LAB
lab(56.47% -57.19 51.75)
LCH
lch(56.47% 77.13 137.85)
CMYK
cmyk(86%, 0%, 80%, 38%)

Etymology

Stalwart
adjective

Old English stǣl-wyrðe, stable-and-worthy. As a color modifier, stalwart implies a saturated-and-loyal-and-firm quality where the hue carries the dependable-and-trustworthy visual presence of a Knight-Templar guard. Sits at the bold-and-firm end of the grid, parallel to steadfast and firm in usage.

Greenroom
noun

A theatrical waiting room for performers off-stage — traditionally painted green to rest the eyes after stage lighting. Greenroom color refers to the saturated green-painted plaster walls of a London West End greenroom: a saturated, slightly muted deep green with the matte finish of distemper paint.

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.

Variations

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Harmonies

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.

#169d1f
Original
#a08d00
Protanopia
#93842e
Deuteranopia
#009886
Tritanopia
#777777
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).
AA Largeon White
3.57:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
5.88:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##169D1F
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.2859 0.6065 0.2122)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.193

This color is chromatic enough that authoring it as P3 native (instead of clamping to sRGB) gives a perceptibly more saturated render on wide-gamut displays — modern Macs, iPhones, iPads, and most recent OLED laptops.

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