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Rich Tundra

#297f23
Notes

Rich Tundra (#297F23) is a deep green with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (116°, 57%, 32%) 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 violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#297f23
RGB
rgb(41, 127, 35)
HSL
hsl(116, 57%, 32%)
HWB
hwb(116 14% 50%)
OKLCH
oklch(52.6% 0.151 142.2)
HSV
hsv(116, 72%, 50%)
LAB
lab(46.67% -43.88 40.64)
LCH
lch(46.67% 59.81 137.20)
CMYK
cmyk(68%, 0%, 72%, 50%)

Etymology

Rich
adjective

Old French riche, wealthy, abundant — applied to color since the medieval period for hues that read as plentiful in pigment. Rich red, rich brown: the implication is depth combined with saturation, a color that gives the eye more to absorb. Sits at the saturated mid-light corner of the engine's grid, slightly warmer than bold and deeper than vivid.

Tundra
noun

The treeless biome of arctic and subarctic regions — characterized by short summer growing seasons, permafrost, and dwarf woody plants. Tundra color refers to a Yukon tundra landscape in midsummer: a soft, slightly muted deep yellow-green with the matte finish of low-stature Vaccinium and Salix shrubs.

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.

#297f23
Original
#827315
Protanopia
#786c2c
Deuteranopia
#177b6d
Tritanopia
#666666
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
5.06:1
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
4.15:1

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