Color

#14441C

Dark cool green. Nearest reference color: UP Forest green.

color HEX #14441C on paletico.com

RGB

0–255
20
68
28

CMYK

0–100%
70.59%
0%
58.82%
73.33%

RGB describes how #14441C is represented with light on digital screens. This color combines red 20, green 68 and blue 28.

CMYK describes the same color using the four components commonly used in printing: cyan 70.59%, magenta 0%, yellow 58.82% and black 73.33%.

HSL values

H 130° S 54.55% L 17.25%

In the HSL color model, #14441C has a hue of 130°, 54.55% saturation and 17.25% lightness. The sliders below show where this color sits across each of these three dimensions.

Hue 130°
Saturation 54.55%
Lightness 17.25%

Color insight

#14441C is a dark, cool green with moderate chroma.

Temperature
Cool
Lightness
Dark
Chroma
Moderate

Color formats

Copy #14441C in a format ready to use in CSS, design tools or other applications.

HEX #14441C
RGB rgb(20, 68, 28)
HSL hsl(130 54.55% 17.25%)
OKLCH oklch(0.343356 0.084593 146.4711)
CSS --color: #14441C;

Tints of #14441C

Tints are lighter variations of #14441C. They keep the character of the original color while moving progressively toward a lighter appearance.

Shades of #14441C

Shades are darker variations of #14441C. Moving toward black increases visual depth while preserving the underlying hue of the color.

Tones of #14441C

Tones reduce the chroma of #14441C, producing quieter and more muted variations without simply making the color lighter or darker.

Tonal range of #14441C

A continuous light-to-dark scale places #14441C between its lighter tints and deeper shades.

CSS color scale

Use this tonal range as reusable CSS custom properties.

:root {
    --color-100: #CAFFCD;
    --color-200: #9ACC9D;
    --color-300: #6C9C6F;
    --color-400: #406F44;
    --color-500: #14441C;
    --color-600: #02350D;
    --color-700: #002506;
    --color-800: #001603;
    --color-900: #000901;
}

Colors that go with #14441C

Color harmonies for #14441C are generated by rotating its hue in the OKLCH color space while preserving its lightness and chroma. This creates classic complementary, analogous, triadic and other hue relationships with more consistent perceptual balance.

Complementary

Opposite on the color wheel, creating the strongest direct hue contrast.

Analogous

Neighboring hues that stay visually close to the original color.

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues that create a broader, balanced color relationship.

Split complementary

Two hues around the complementary color, providing contrast with more variation.

Tetradic

Four related hues forming two complementary pairs on the color wheel.

CSS gradients with #14441C

These gradients show how #14441C moves toward white, black and its complementary color. Each gradient includes ready-to-use CSS that can be copied directly into a project.

Toward white

A light gradient that moves from the original color toward white.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #14441C, #4D6F50, #859D87, #C1CDC1, #FFFFFF);

Toward black

A dark gradient that moves from the original color toward black.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #14441C, #0A2B0F, #031405, #000301, #000000);

Toward the complementary color

A gradient connecting the original color with its complementary hue.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #14441C, #004240, #003E5A, #323263, #4F2750);

Text contrast and accessibility

Contrast determines how clearly text can be distinguished from #14441C. The values below compare white and black text using WCAG contrast ratios.

White text
11.21:1
AA normal Pass AA large Pass AAA normal Pass
Black text
1.87:1
AA normal Fail AA large Fail AAA normal Fail

Recommended text color: #FFFFFF . Relative luminance: 0.0437 .

Accessible CSS

Use the recommended text color with #14441C as the background.

background-color: #14441C;
color: #FFFFFF;

Using #14441C in design

See how #14441C works in a simple interface. The examples below use the color as a background, accent and interface element, with text chosen from its accessibility result.

Background
Paletico Color in context

#14441C used as a full background with its recommended text color.

Accent
Accent color

Use #14441C to emphasize selected interface elements without filling the entire surface.

Example action
Tonal pair
#9ACC9D
#14441C
#001603

Colors similar to #14441C

These nearby colors are generated from perceptual variations of #14441C, including changes in lightness, chroma and hue.

Color vision simulation

The simulations below show mathematical approximations of how #14441C may shift under three forms of color vision deficiency. They are simulations, not a diagnosis or an exact representation of any individual person's vision.

Simulation based on the model by Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.113.

Advanced color values

Beyond RGB, CMYK and HSL, #14441C can also be represented in perceptual and device-independent color spaces used in color science and modern design tools.

XYZ

X
2.565
Y
4.3666
Z
1.806

CIELAB

L*
24.848
a*
-26.0929
b*
19.4219

OKLab

L
0.343356
a
-0.070518
b
0.046726

OKLCH

L
0.343356
C
0.084593
H
146.4711°