#4E815F 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 #4E815F works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E815F 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Viridian keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 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 #4E815F 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 #4E815F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E815F;
--color-base-rgb: 78 129 95;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.7% 0.077 154.0);
--color-50: #F5F9F7;
--color-100: #E5F0E9;
--color-200: #CCE0D3;
--color-300: #A7C8B2;
--color-400: #84AE92;
--color-500: #649073;
--color-600: #51705C;
--color-700: #3D5144;
--color-800: #2A362E;
--color-900: #1B221D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F5F9F7',
100: '#E5F0E9',
200: '#CCE0D3',
300: '#A7C8B2',
400: '#84AE92',
500: '#649073',
600: '#51705C',
700: '#3D5144',
800: '#2A362E',
900: '#1B221D',
},
}
$base: #4E815F; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5F9F7; $base-100: #E5F0E9; $base-200: #CCE0D3; $base-300: #A7C8B2; $base-400: #84AE92; $base-500: #649073; $base-600: #51705C; $base-700: #3D5144; $base-800: #2A362E; $base-900: #1B221D; $base-hover: #3F694D; $base-subtle: #C9DACF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E815F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE0D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8B2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#84AE92",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649073",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#51705C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5144",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A362E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}