#4E8A57#4E8A57

#4E8A57 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.100 H 147.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A57
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(129, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(129, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -31.00, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 37.66, 145.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0844 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.1 147.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9499, 20.4839, 12.2337)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A57 #8A4E81

analogous

#638A4E #4E8A57 #4E8A75

triadic

#4E8A57 #574E8A #8A574E

tetradic

#4E8A57 #4E638A #8A4E81 #8A754E

square

#4E8A57 #4E638A #8A4E81 #8A754E

split-complementary

#4E8A57 #754E8A #8A4E63

monochromatic

#223C26 #38633E #4E8A57 #6AAB74 #91C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A57

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A57	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.100 147.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac87',
    500: '#4e8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a57;
$custom-light: #83ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5787,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 147.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A57

secondary

#AE86A8

accent

#64B6C4

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4EF

border

#CACECA

text

#0B100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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