#4E8D50 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4E8D50 works with other colors. Named schemes with #4E8D50 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 #4E8D50 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 #4E8D50 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4E8D50;
--color-base-rgb: 78 141 80;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.5% 0.112 144.6);
--color-50: #F5FAF5;
--color-100: #E4F1E5;
--color-200: #CAE2CB;
--color-300: #A5CAA6;
--color-400: #81B183;
--color-500: #619463;
--color-600: #4F7350;
--color-700: #3C533C;
--color-800: #29372A;
--color-900: #1B231B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sea-green: {
50: '#F5FAF5',
100: '#E4F1E5',
200: '#CAE2CB',
300: '#A5CAA6',
400: '#81B183',
500: '#619463',
600: '#4F7350',
700: '#3C533C',
800: '#29372A',
900: '#1B231B',
},
}
$base: #4E8D50; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF5; $base-100: #E4F1E5; $base-200: #CAE2CB; $base-300: #A5CAA6; $base-400: #81B183; $base-500: #619463; $base-600: #4F7350; $base-700: #3C533C; $base-800: #29372A; $base-900: #1B231B; $base-hover: #3E7140; $base-subtle: #CADDCA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4E8D50",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4F1E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CAE2CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A5CAA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#81B183",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#619463",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4F7350",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3C533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#29372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}