British Racing Green

#05480d

Deep British green with cooler, crisp undertone

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About British Racing Green

British Racing Green is what happens when you take a saturated, cool-toned green and strip away everything soft about it. This isn't a hedge or a forest floor, it's a green that means business, the kind that reads instantly on white and doesn't apologize for the space it takes up. Where Bucolic stays fresh and warm-leans into brown, this one stays pure green, just darker and more concentrated.

You'll reach for it on automotive branding, luxury packaging, and interface systems where the color needs to convey precision and control. It works particularly well as a primary color in identity systems, on dark backgrounds without needing a buffer, and anywhere you need something that commands without feeling corporate or muted. The saturation is high enough that it won't fade into the background, no matter what it's paired with.

The payoff: it's uncompromising. Pair it with sharp typography and clean whites, and it'll feel intentional. Muddy it with warm neutrals or desaturated neighbors, and you'll lose what makes it work. Test it at actual size against your headline weight, it's darker than it looks in a swatch.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

Aa
10.83:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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9.93:1AAA

On Gray 900 #18181b

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1.64:1Fail

On Black #000000

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1.94:1Fail

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