#4E8A59#4E8A59

#4E8A59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.098 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A59
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(131, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -30.64, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 36.76, 146.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0834 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.098 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0327, 20.5170, 12.6700)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A59 #8A4E7F

analogous

#618A4E #4E8A59 #4E8A77

triadic

#4E8A59 #594E8A #8A594E

tetradic

#4E8A59 #4E618A #8A4E7F #8A774E

square

#4E8A59 #4E618A #8A4E7F #8A774E

split-complementary

#4E8A59 #774E8A #8A4E61

monochromatic

#223C27 #386340 #4E8A59 #6AAB76 #91C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4E8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A59

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A59	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.098 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac88',
    500: '#4e8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a59;
$custom-light: #83ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57913,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A59

secondary

#AE86A6

accent

#64B2C4

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A59

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

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