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Majestic Greenroom

#1b8300
Notes

Majestic Greenroom (#1B8300) 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 (108°, 100%, 26%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. 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
#1b8300
RGB
rgb(27, 131, 0)
HSL
hsl(108, 100%, 26%)
HWB
hwb(108 0% 49%)
OKLCH
oklch(53.2% 0.175 141.1)
HSV
hsv(108, 100%, 51%)
LAB
lab(47.58% -49.86 51.11)
LCH
lch(47.58% 71.40 134.29)
CMYK
cmyk(79%, 0%, 100%, 49%)

Etymology

Majestic
adjective

Latin māiestātis, majesty — adjectival suffix -ic. As a color modifier, majestic implies a saturated-and-imposing-grandeur quality, the deep-rich color of Salisbury-Cathedral-and-Chartres-Cathedral Gothic-architecture monumental presence against the open sky. Sits at the bold-and-imposing end of the grid, parallel to regal and imperial.

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.

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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.

#1b8300
Original
#877600
Protanopia
#7b6e19
Deuteranopia
#007e6e
Tritanopia
#636363
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
4.89:1
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
4.29:1

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