#4E805C is a mid-toned, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E805C works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E805C in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Viridian leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Viridian plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Viridian anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Viridian 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.
Viridian 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 Viridian carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E805C 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 #4E805C at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E805C;
--color-base-rgb: 78 128 92;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.4% 0.078 152.1);
--color-50: #F5F9F6;
--color-100: #E5F0E8;
--color-200: #CCE0D2;
--color-300: #A8C7B1;
--color-400: #85AD90;
--color-500: #659071;
--color-600: #52705A;
--color-700: #3E5143;
--color-800: #2B362E;
--color-900: #1B221D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F5F9F6',
100: '#E5F0E8',
200: '#CCE0D2',
300: '#A8C7B1',
400: '#85AD90',
500: '#659071',
600: '#52705A',
700: '#3E5143',
800: '#2B362E',
900: '#1B221D',
},
}
$base: #4E805C; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5F9F6; $base-100: #E5F0E8; $base-200: #CCE0D2; $base-300: #A8C7B1; $base-400: #85AD90; $base-500: #659071; $base-600: #52705A; $base-700: #3E5143; $base-800: #2B362E; $base-900: #1B221D; $base-hover: #3E6549; $base-subtle: #C9D9CD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E805C",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE0D2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A8C7B1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#85AD90",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#659071",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#52705A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E5143",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B362E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}