#4FD85D is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #4FD85D works with other colors. Named schemes with #4FD85D 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 #4FD85D 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 #4FD85D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4FD85D;
--color-base-rgb: 79 216 93;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(78.1% 0.203 145.0);
--color-50: #F2FDF3;
--color-100: #DDF8E0;
--color-200: #BCF0C1;
--color-300: #8EE197;
--color-400: #64CE6F;
--color-500: #42B34D;
--color-600: #398941;
--color-700: #2E6133;
--color-800: #214024;
--color-900: #162718;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
malachite: {
50: '#F2FDF3',
100: '#DDF8E0',
200: '#BCF0C1',
300: '#8EE197',
400: '#64CE6F',
500: '#42B34D',
600: '#398941',
700: '#2E6133',
800: '#214024',
900: '#162718',
},
}
$base: #4FD85D; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDF3; $base-100: #DDF8E0; $base-200: #BCF0C1; $base-300: #8EE197; $base-400: #64CE6F; $base-500: #42B34D; $base-600: #398941; $base-700: #2E6133; $base-800: #214024; $base-900: #162718; $base-hover: #2BC23A; $base-subtle: #CFEED2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4FD85D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BCF0C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8EE197",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#64CE6F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#42B34D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#398941",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2E6133",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#214024",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162718",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}