#4E893F

sRGB: 78 / 137 / 63

#4E893F belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 78 red, 137 green and 63 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 107.8° lands in the green region. Its 37.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 39.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.97:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 78, 137, 63
HSL: 107.84°, 37.00%, 39.22%
HSV / HSB: 107.84°, 54.01%, 53.73%
CMYK (approx.): 43.07%, 0.00%, 54.01%, 46.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.984, 19.869, 7.854
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 51.689, -34.252, 33.458
WCAG relative luminance: 0.19870
24-bit decimal: 5146943

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4E893F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.97:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.22:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#7A3F89 sits half a turn (180°) from #4E893F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4E893F #7A3F89

Analogous

#73893F and #3F8955 sit 30° to either side of #4E893F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#73893F #4E893F #3F8955

Triadic

#4E893F, #3F4E89 and #893F4E are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4E893F #3F4E89 #893F4E

Split complementary

Start at #4E893F and look across the wheel. #553F89 and #893F73 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4E893F #553F89 #893F73

Square

Starting with #4E893F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #3F7389, #7A3F89, then #89553F. Across the square, #4E893F pairs with #7A3F89, and #3F7389 with #89553F.

#4E893F #3F7389 #7A3F89 #89553F

Tetradic

#4E893F and #7A3F89 are opposites, as are #3F897A and #893F4E. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4E893F #3F897A #7A3F89 #893F4E

Tints

Mixing #4E893F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #71A165, keeps 80% of the original. By #DCE7D9, the mixture is 80% white.

#4E893F #71A165 #95B88C #B8D0B2 #DCE7D9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4E893F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3E6E32, keeps 80% of the original. By #101B0D, the mixture is 80% black.

#4E893F #3E6E32 #2F5226 #1F3719 #101B0D #000000

Tones

Mixing #4E893F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #58874C, keeps 80% of the original. By #768273, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4E893F #58874C #628559 #6C8466 #768273 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4E893F

RGB

rgb(78 137 63)

HSL

hsl(107.838 37.000% 39.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4E893F;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4E893F uses 78 red, 137 green and 63 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 30.6%

Green 53.7%

Blue 24.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4E893F is 43.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 54.0% yellow and 46.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 43.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 54.0%

Black 46.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #558844. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #584 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4E893F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #558844 Nearest web-safe: #669933

Gradient to complement

#4E893F #557D4B #5D7058 #646464 #6B5870 #734B7D #7A3F89

Color vision previews

Compare how #4E893F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8D7E38

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#847944

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#4A8578

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7B823D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#777F42

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#518759

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7B7B7B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#688263

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.07619 G 0.25016 B 0.04971

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.36086 G 0.53152 B 0.28207

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.10707 G 0.24438 B 0.06467

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.319 y 0.488 Y 19.869

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 69.412 M % 46.275 Y % 75.294

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001110 10001001 00111111