#4E8550 is a mid-toned, temperate 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 #4E8550 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8550 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sea Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sea Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Sea Green 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.
Sea Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Sea Green 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 Sea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #4E8550 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 #4E8550 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8550;
--color-base-rgb: 78 133 80;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.4% 0.099 144.9);
--color-50: #F5FAF5;
--color-100: #E5F0E5;
--color-200: #CCE1CC;
--color-300: #A7C8A8;
--color-400: #83AF85;
--color-500: #649165;
--color-600: #517152;
--color-700: #3D523E;
--color-800: #2A372B;
--color-900: #1B221B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sea-green: {
50: '#F5FAF5',
100: '#E5F0E5',
200: '#CCE1CC',
300: '#A7C8A8',
400: '#83AF85',
500: '#649165',
600: '#517152',
700: '#3D523E',
800: '#2A372B',
900: '#1B221B',
},
}
$base: #4E8550; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF5; $base-100: #E5F0E5; $base-200: #CCE1CC; $base-300: #A7C8A8; $base-400: #83AF85; $base-500: #649165; $base-600: #517152; $base-700: #3D523E; $base-800: #2A372B; $base-900: #1B221B; $base-hover: #3E693F; $base-subtle: #C9DBCA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8550",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE1CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83AF85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649165",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#517152",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D523E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A372B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}