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#263b06

a deep, electric green · neutral · closest name: Dark Green

Token name suggestion: Cellar Basil

RGB
38, 59, 6
HSL
84°, 82%, 13%
CMYK
36, 0, 90, 77
Luminance
0.0355

#263b06 is a deep electric green, 84° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (12.28:1). As text it scores 12.28:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Green, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(84 82% 13%)rgb(38 59 6)Base step 950AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #263b06 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#263b06
Hue
84°
green
Saturation
82%
electric
Lightness
13%
deep
Brightness
23%
HSV value
Perceived
20%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0355
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
12.28:1
Closest name
Dark Green
ΔE2000 15
Chroma
32.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.323
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 29.7
Web-safe
#333300
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue84° of 360°
Saturation82%
Lightness13%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #263b06.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red12%
Green88%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#263b06
HEX (8-digit)#263b06ff
RGBrgb(38, 59, 6)
RGBArgba(38, 59, 6, 1)
HSLhsl(84, 82%, 13%)
HSV / HSBhsv(84, 90%, 23%)
HWBhwb(84 2% 77%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 90%, 77%)
LABlab(22.1 -17.8 27.7)
LCHlch(22.1 32.9 122.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.323 0.080 129.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(2.40, 3.55, 0.73)
Decimal2505478
Display P3color(display-p3 0.149 0.231 0.024)
Web-safe#333300

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #263b06;
background-color: #263b06;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #263b06;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#263b06] bg-[#263b06]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #263b06;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.149, green: 0.231, blue: 0.024)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.149, green: 0.231, blue: 0.024, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#263B06</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF263B06)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF263B06)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(6, 59, 38)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(38, 59, 6)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(38, 59, 6)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 38, 59, 6)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1490f, 0.2314f, 0.0235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{38,59,6}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #263b06 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #263b06 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4A740C, #E3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #263b06 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8FCF2;
  --brand-100: #F2F9E6;
  --brand-200: #E3F6C6;
  --brand-300: #D0F599;
  --brand-400: #B9EF66;
  --brand-500: #A2EA33;
  --brand-600: #8FDE17;
  --brand-700: #77B913;
  --brand-800: #5F940F;
  --brand-900: #476B0F;
  --brand-950: #263b06;
  --brand: #263b06;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #111A03;
  --brand-pressed: #000000;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E2414;
    --brand-ink: #E3EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF2',
        100: '#F2F9E6',
        200: '#E3F6C6',
        300: '#D0F599',
        400: '#B9EF66',
        500: '#A2EA33',
        600: '#8FDE17',
        700: '#77B913',
        800: '#5F940F',
        900: '#476B0F',
        950: '#263b06',
        DEFAULT: '#263b06',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF2,
  '100': #F2F9E6,
  '200': #E3F6C6,
  '300': #D0F599,
  '400': #B9EF66,
  '500': #A2EA33,
  '600': #8FDE17,
  '700': #77B913,
  '800': #5F940F,
  '900': #476B0F,
  '950': #263b06,
);
$brand-base: #263b06;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E3F6C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D0F599", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B9EF66", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A2EA33", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8FDE17", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#77B913", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5F940F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#476B0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#263b06", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #263b06 · 12.28:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 12.28:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #263b06 as text scores 12.28:1 on white and 1.71:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F4FDE8 at 11.73:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#263b06 · 12.28:1
AA on whitealready passes
#263b06
The quick fox
#263b06 · 12.28:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#263b06
The quick fox
#56850E · 4.76:1
AA on black+16% L
#56850E
The quick fox
#6AA511 · 7.00:1
AAA on black+23% L
#6AA511

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #263B06 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#263b06 on white: 12.28:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#263b06 on black: 1.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #263b06 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #263b06.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White12.28:1AaAa
Slate 5011.73:1AaAa
Slate 10011.21:1AaAa
Slate 2009.96:1AaAa
Slate 3008.27:1AaAa
Slate 4004.79:1AaAa
Slate 5002.58:1AaAa
Slate 6001.62:1AaAa
Slate 7001.19:1AaAa
Slate 8001.19:1AaAa
Slate 9001.45:1AaAa
Black1.71:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #3E3600
deuteranopia · #3B340B
tritanopia · #273831

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #263b06 is pinned to step 950; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FCF2
#F2F9E6
#E3F6C6
#D0F599
#B9EF66
#A2EA33
#8FDE17
#77B913
#5F940F
#476B0F
#263b06
Base = 950Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF2Darkest = 950 · #263b06Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 129.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 129.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 129.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.062 129.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.074 129.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.080 129.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.080 129.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.075 129.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.067 129.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.056 129.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 129.5);
}

Colors that work with #263b06

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0D053C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4A740C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4FDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#111A03
One step down in lightness
Pressed#000000
Two steps down
Disabled#5D6C45
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#335204
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #263b06

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight87/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#1B063B
Analogous left#3B3506
Analogous right#0B3B06
Split-complement 1#060B3B
Split-complement 2#35063B
Triadic 1#06263B
Triadic 2#3B0626
Tetradic#063B35
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°84°

#263b06 sits at 84°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red14.9%
Green23.1%
Blue2.4%
R · 0–255
38
0x26
G · 0–255
59
0x3b
B · 0–255
6
0x06

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow89.8%
Key (black)76.9%

Total ink coverage is 202%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#263b06 text on a black background

contrast 1.71:1

Card sample

#263b06 text on a white background

contrast 12.28:1

Card sample

#263b06 on grey

11.21:1

#263b06 on its own surface

11.68:1

#263b06 on its dark surface

1.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #263b06;
Background color
Panel with #263b06 background
background-color: #263b06;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #263b06;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(38, 59, 6, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(38, 59, 6, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #263b06;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #263b06, #063B09);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #263b06, #063B17);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #263b06;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #263b06;
caret-color: #263b06;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #263b06;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4FDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #263b06;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#263b06 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #263b06 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(38, 59, 6, 0.5)
rgb(38 59 6 / 50%)
#263b0680
hsl(84 82% 13% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #263b06 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#263b061a#E9EBE6
20%#263b0633#D4D8CD
40%#263b0666#A8B19B
60%#263b0699#7D896A
80%#263b06cc#516238

Gradients from #263b06

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4A720C, #263b06 45%, #4A740C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #263b06, #031F07);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #263b06, #1B063B);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #5B8E0E 0%, #263b06 45%, #4A740C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #69570B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #0A5709 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4A740C 0%, transparent 65%), #263b06;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #263b06

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#263b06 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.71:1 — lift it to #56850E for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#263b06, answered

What color is #263b06?

#263b06 is a deep electric green, closest to Dark Green (ΔE2000 15). It sits at 84° on the hue wheel with 82% saturation and 13% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #263b06?

rgb(38, 59, 6) — 38 red, 59 green and 6 blue out of 255, or 14.9% / 23.1% / 2.4% by channel.

What is #263b06 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(84, 82%, 13%) and hsv(84, 90%, 23%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #263b06 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0355 and perceived brightness is 20%, so white text on it reaches 12.28:1.

Should I use black or white text on #263b06?

White. It scores 12.28:1 against #263b06, versus 1.71:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #263b06 accessible on a white background?

#263b06 on white scores 12.28:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #263b06?

#1B063B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #060B3B and #35063B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #263b06?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DBEDC0 for borders, #7B9B4B for secondary text, #0D053C as an accent and #4A740C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3B3506 and #0B3B06 stays calm, while #1B063B is the loudest partner.

What is #263b06 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(36%, 0%, 90%, 77%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #263b06 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #393B06; nudged cooler, #123B05.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #263b06?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 29.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #263b06 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #263b06 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#263b06] or text-[#263b06], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #263b06 with 50% opacity?

rgba(38, 59, 6, 0.5), or #263b0680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #939D83; over black, #131E03.

Is #263b06 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #333300, ΔE2000 7.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #263b06 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #263b06?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4A720C, #263b06 45%, #4A740C). For more colour, a short hue run to #031F07 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #263b06 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #263b06 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.