#49E451 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, bold and ownable. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #49E451 works with other colors. Named schemes with #49E451 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Malachite is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Malachite.
Malachite sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Malachite leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Malachite is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Malachite carrying the quiet middle.
Malachite opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
How #49E451 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #49E451 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #49E451;
--color-base-rgb: 73 228 81;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.9% 0.228 143.8);
--color-50: #F1FEF2;
--color-100: #DBFBDC;
--color-200: #B8F4BB;
--color-300: #88E78D;
--color-400: #5CD662;
--color-500: #39BC40;
--color-600: #338F37;
--color-700: #2A652D;
--color-800: #1F4220;
--color-900: #152916;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
malachite: {
50: '#F1FEF2',
100: '#DBFBDC',
200: '#B8F4BB',
300: '#88E78D',
400: '#5CD662',
500: '#39BC40',
600: '#338F37',
700: '#2A652D',
800: '#1F4220',
900: '#152916',
},
}
$base: #49E451; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FEF2; $base-100: #DBFBDC; $base-200: #B8F4BB; $base-300: #88E78D; $base-400: #5CD662; $base-500: #39BC40; $base-600: #338F37; $base-700: #2A652D; $base-800: #1F4220; $base-900: #152916; $base-hover: #1FD128; $base-subtle: #CEF1D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#49E451",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DBFBDC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B8F4BB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#88E78D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5CD662",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#39BC40",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#338F37",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2A652D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1F4220",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152916",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}