#4E8B59#4E8B59

#4E8B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.099 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B59
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(131, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -31.11, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 37.39, 146.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0847 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.099 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1769, 20.8053, 12.7180)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B59 #8B4E80

analogous

#618B4E #4E8B59 #4E8B78

triadic

#4E8B59 #594E8B #8B594E

tetradic

#4E8B59 #4E618B #8B4E80 #8B784E

square

#4E8B59 #4E618B #8B4E80 #8B784E

split-complementary

#4E8B59 #784E8B #8B4E61

monochromatic

#223D27 #386440 #4E8B59 #6BAC76 #92C29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4E8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4E8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B59

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B59	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.099 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad88',
    500: '#4e8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b59;
$custom-light: #83ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.82,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58172,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B59

secondary

#AE87A7

accent

#63B3C4

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B59

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

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