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#44974f

a dark, soft green · cool · closest name: Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Basil

RGB
68, 151, 79
HSL
128°, 38%, 43%
CMYK
55, 0, 48, 41
Luminance
0.2393

#44974f is a dark soft green, 128° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.79:1). As text it scores 3.63:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(128 38% 43%)rgb(68 151 79)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #44974f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#44974f
Hue
128°
green
Saturation
38%
soft
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
49%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2393
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.79:1
Closest name
Sea Green
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
51.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.607
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 12.3
Web-safe
#339966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue128° of 360°
Saturation38%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #44974f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green93%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#44974f
HEX (8-digit)#44974fff
RGBrgb(68, 151, 79)
RGBArgba(68, 151, 79, 1)
HSLhsl(128, 38%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128, 55%, 59%)
HWBhwb(128 27% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(55%, 0%, 48%, 41%)
LABlab(56.0 -41.0 30.4)
LCHlch(56.0 51.1 143.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.607 0.134 146.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.86, 23.93, 11.23)
Decimal4495183
Display P3color(display-p3 0.267 0.592 0.310)
Web-safe#339966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #44974f;
background-color: #44974f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #44974f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#44974f] bg-[#44974f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #44974f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.267, green: 0.592, blue: 0.310)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.267, green: 0.592, blue: 0.310, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#44974F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF44974F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF44974F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(79, 151, 68)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(68, 151, 79)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(68, 151, 79)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 68, 151, 79)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2667f, 0.5922f, 0.3098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{68,151,79}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #44974f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #44974f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#28582E, #D5ECD8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #44974f h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF6;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EC;
  --brand-200: #D3E9D6;
  --brand-300: #B2DCB7;
  --brand-400: #8BCB93;
  --brand-500: #64B970;
  --brand-600: #4CA958;
  --brand-700: #44974f;
  --brand-800: #33713B;
  --brand-900: #28532E;
  --brand-950: #19341C;
  --brand: #44974f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C7E6CB;
  --brand-hover: #397E42;
  --brand-pressed: #2E6635;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D5ECD8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF6',
        100: '#EBF4EC',
        200: '#D3E9D6',
        300: '#B2DCB7',
        400: '#8BCB93',
        500: '#64B970',
        600: '#4CA958',
        700: '#44974f',
        800: '#33713B',
        900: '#28532E',
        950: '#19341C',
        DEFAULT: '#44974f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF6,
  '100': #EBF4EC,
  '200': #D3E9D6,
  '300': #B2DCB7,
  '400': #8BCB93,
  '500': #64B970,
  '600': #4CA958,
  '700': #44974f,
  '800': #33713B,
  '900': #28532E,
  '950': #19341C,
);
$brand-base: #44974f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E9D6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B2DCB7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8BCB93", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#64B970", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4CA958", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#44974f", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#33713B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#28532E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#19341C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #44974f · 5.79:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.63:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.79:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #44974f as text scores 3.63:1 on white and 5.79:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #28582E at 2.29:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3C8546 · 4.53:1
AA on white−5% L
#3C8546
The quick fox
#2C6233 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−15% L
#2C6233
The quick fox
#44974f · 5.79:1
AA on blackalready passes
#44974f
The quick fox
#4CA858 · 7.05:1
AAA on black+5% L
#4CA858

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #44974F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#44974f on white: 3.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#44974f on black: 5.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #44974f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #44974f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.63:1AaAa
Slate 503.47:1AaAa
Slate 1003.31:1AaAa
Slate 2002.94:1AaAa
Slate 3002.44:1AaAa
Slate 4001.42:1AaAa
Slate 5001.31:1AaAa
Slate 6002.09:1AaAa
Slate 7002.85:1AaAa
Slate 8004.03:1AaAa
Slate 9004.92:1AaAa
Black5.79:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #998B49
deuteranopia · #8E8354
tritanopia · #349486

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #44974f is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF6
#EBF4EC
#D3E9D6
#B2DCB7
#8BCB93
#64B970
#4CA958
#44974f
#33713B
#28532E
#19341C
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF6Darkest = 950 · #19341CText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.033 146.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 146.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.080 146.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.104 146.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.123 146.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.134 146.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.134 146.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.126 146.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.112 146.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.094 146.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 146.3);
}

Colors that work with #44974f

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C7E6CB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B55
Captions on the surface
Accent#91409B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#28582E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#397E42
One step down in lightness
Pressed#2E6635
Two steps down
Disabled#92B997
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3EB14E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #44974f

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #28582E
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#97448C
Analogous left#629744
Analogous right#449778
Split-complement 1#784497
Split-complement 2#974462
Triadic 1#4F4497
Triadic 2#974F44
Tetradic#446297
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°128°

#44974f sits at 128°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red26.7%
Green59.2%
Blue31.0%
R · 0–255
68
0x44
G · 0–255
151
0x97
B · 0–255
79
0x4f

CMYK percentages

Cyan55.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow47.7%
Key (black)40.8%

Total ink coverage is 144%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#44974f text on a black background

contrast 5.79:1

Card sample

#44974f text on a white background

contrast 3.63:1

Card sample

#44974f on grey

3.31:1

#44974f on its own surface

3.43:1

#44974f on its dark surface

4.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #44974f;
Background color
Panel with #44974f background
background-color: #44974f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #44974f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(68, 151, 79, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(68, 151, 79, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #44974f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #44974f, #449786);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #44974f, #449397);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #44974f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #44974f;
caret-color: #44974f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #44974f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #44974f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#44974f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #44974f over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(68, 151, 79, 0.5)
rgb(68 151 79 / 50%)
#44974f80
hsl(128 38% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #44974f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#44974f1a#ECF5ED
20%#44974f33#DAEADC
40%#44974f66#B4D5B9
60%#44974f99#8FC195
80%#44974fcc#69AC72

Gradients from #44974f

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #60B86C, #44974f 45%, #28582E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #44974f, #3A8279);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #44974f, #97448C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #76C180 0%, #44974f 45%, #28582E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #82B459 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4DAC91 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #28582E 0%, transparent 65%), #44974f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #44974f

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#44974f in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.79:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#44974f, answered

What color is #44974f?

#44974f is a dark soft green, closest to Sea Green (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 128° on the hue wheel with 38% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #44974f?

rgb(68, 151, 79) — 68 red, 151 green and 79 blue out of 255, or 26.7% / 59.2% / 31% by channel.

What is #44974f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(128, 38%, 43%) and hsv(128, 55%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #44974f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2393 and perceived brightness is 49%, so black text on it reaches 5.79:1.

Should I use black or white text on #44974f?

Black. It scores 5.79:1 against #44974f, versus 3.63:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #44974f accessible on a white background?

#44974f on white scores 3.63:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #3C8546 to reach 4.5:1, or #2C6233 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #44974f?

#97448C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #784497 and #974462, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #44974f?

For interface work: #F4FAF5 as the surface, #C7E6CB for borders, #4B9B55 for secondary text, #91409B as an accent and #28582E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #629744 and #449778 stays calm, while #97448C is the loudest partner.

What is #44974f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(55%, 0%, 48%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #44974f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #579744; nudged cooler, #42996D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #44974f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 12.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #44974f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #44974f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#44974f] or text-[#44974f], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #44974f with 50% opacity?

rgba(68, 151, 79, 0.5), or #44974f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A2CBA7; over black, #224C28.

Is #44974f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339966, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #44974f mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #44974f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #60B86C, #44974f 45%, #28582E). For more colour, a short hue run to #3A8279 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #44974f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #44974f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.