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#548c4c

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

Token name suggestion: Dusk Fern

RGB
84, 140, 76
HSL
113°, 30%, 42%
CMYK
40, 0, 46, 45
Luminance
0.2116

#548c4c is a dark soft green, 113° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.23:1). As text it scores 4.01:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(113 30% 42%)rgb(84 140 76)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #548c4c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#548c4c
Hue
113°
green
Saturation
30%
soft
Lightness
42%
dark
Brightness
55%
HSV value
Perceived
47%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2116
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.23:1
Closest name
Sea Green
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
42.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.585
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 15.9
Web-safe
#669933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue113° of 360°
Saturation30%
Lightness42%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #548c4c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red9%
Green89%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#548c4c
HEX (8-digit)#548c4cff
RGBrgb(84, 140, 76)
RGBArgba(84, 140, 76, 1)
HSLhsl(113, 30%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(113, 46%, 55%)
HWBhwb(113 30% 45%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 46%, 45%)
LABlab(53.1 -31.8 28.4)
LCHlch(53.1 42.7 138.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.585 0.111 141.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.34, 21.16, 10.17)
Decimal5540940
Display P3color(display-p3 0.329 0.549 0.298)
Web-safe#669933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #548c4c;
background-color: #548c4c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #548c4c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#548c4c] bg-[#548c4c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #548c4c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.329, green: 0.549, blue: 0.298)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.329, green: 0.549, blue: 0.298, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#548C4C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF548C4C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF548C4C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(76, 140, 84)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(84, 140, 76)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(84, 140, 76)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 84, 140, 76)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3294f, 0.5490f, 0.2980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{84,140,76}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #548c4c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #548c4c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#32532D, #DAE9D7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #548c4c 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EDF3EC;
  --brand-200: #D7E6D5;
  --brand-300: #BAD8B6;
  --brand-400: #98C492;
  --brand-500: #76B06E;
  --brand-600: #5F9F56;
  --brand-700: #548c4c;
  --brand-800: #3F6A39;
  --brand-900: #314E2D;
  --brand-950: #1E311C;
  --brand: #548c4c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-border: #CDE2CA;
  --brand-hover: #467540;
  --brand-pressed: #385E33;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #DAE9D7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF3EC',
        200: '#D7E6D5',
        300: '#BAD8B6',
        400: '#98C492',
        500: '#76B06E',
        600: '#5F9F56',
        700: '#548c4c',
        800: '#3F6A39',
        900: '#314E2D',
        950: '#1E311C',
        DEFAULT: '#548c4c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF3EC,
  '200': #D7E6D5,
  '300': #BAD8B6,
  '400': #98C492,
  '500': #76B06E,
  '600': #5F9F56,
  '700': #548c4c,
  '800': #3F6A39,
  '900': #314E2D,
  '950': #1E311C,
);
$brand-base: #548c4c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF3EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7E6D5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAD8B6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#98C492", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#76B06E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5F9F56", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#548c4c", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3F6A39", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#314E2D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E311C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #548c4c · 5.23:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.01:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #548c4c as text scores 4.01:1 on white and 5.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #32532D at 2.17:1.

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
#4E8247 · 4.56:1
AA on white−3% L
#4E8247
The quick fox
#3A6135 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−13% L
#3A6135
The quick fox
#548c4c · 5.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#548c4c
The quick fox
#64A65B · 7.15:1
AAA on black+8% L
#64A65B

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #548C4C 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
#548c4c on white: 4.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#548c4c on black: 5.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #548c4c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #548c4c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.01:1AaAa
Slate 503.84:1AaAa
Slate 1003.66:1AaAa
Slate 2003.26:1AaAa
Slate 3002.70:1AaAa
Slate 4001.57:1AaAa
Slate 5001.19:1AaAa
Slate 6001.89:1AaAa
Slate 7002.58:1AaAa
Slate 8003.65:1AaAa
Slate 9004.45:1AaAa
Black5.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8F8247
deuteranopia · #877D50
tritanopia · #4F887D

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. #548c4c 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.

#F6F9F6
#EDF3EC
#D7E6D5
#BAD8B6
#98C492
#76B06E
#5F9F56
#548c4c
#3F6A39
#314E2D
#1E311C
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1E311CText 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 0.028 141.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 141.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 141.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.087 141.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.102 141.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.111 141.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.111 141.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.105 141.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.093 141.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.078 141.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 141.3);
}

Colors that work with #548c4c

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#F6FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#CDE2CA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#599551
Captions on the surface
Accent#754890
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#32532D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#467540
One step down in lightness
Pressed#385E33
Two steps down
Disabled#95B890
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#53A547
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #548c4c

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 #32532D
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
  • Weight58/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#844C8C
Analogous left#748C4C
Analogous right#4C8C64
Split-complement 1#644C8C
Split-complement 2#8C4C74
Triadic 1#4C548C
Triadic 2#8C4C54
Tetradic#4C748C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°113°

#548c4c sits at 113°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red32.9%
Green54.9%
Blue29.8%
R · 0–255
84
0x54
G · 0–255
140
0x8c
B · 0–255
76
0x4c

CMYK percentages

Cyan40.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow45.7%
Key (black)45.1%

Total ink coverage is 131%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#548c4c text on a black background

contrast 5.23:1

Card sample

#548c4c text on a white background

contrast 4.01:1

Card sample

#548c4c on grey

3.66:1

#548c4c on its own surface

3.81:1

#548c4c on its dark surface

4.04:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #548c4c;
Background color
Panel with #548c4c background
background-color: #548c4c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #548c4c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(84, 140, 76, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(84, 140, 76, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #548c4c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #548c4c, #4C8C6F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #548c4c, #4C8C7F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #548c4c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #548c4c;
caret-color: #548c4c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #548c4c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #548c4c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#548c4c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #548c4c 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(84, 140, 76, 0.5)
rgb(84 140 76 / 50%)
#548c4c80
hsl(113 30% 42% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #548c4c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#548c4c1a#EEF4ED
20%#548c4c33#DDE8DB
40%#548c4c66#BBD1B7
60%#548c4c99#98BA94
80%#548c4ccc#76A370

Gradients from #548c4c

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, #71AD68, #548c4c 45%, #32532D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #548c4c, #417864);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #548c4c, #844C8C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #84B87C 0%, #548c4c 45%, #32532D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #95AA62 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #57A078 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #32532D 0%, transparent 65%), #548c4c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #548c4c

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.

#548c4c 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 5.23:1.

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.

#548c4c, answered

What color is #548c4c?

#548c4c is a dark soft green, closest to Sea Green (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 113° on the hue wheel with 30% saturation and 42% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #548c4c?

rgb(84, 140, 76) — 84 red, 140 green and 76 blue out of 255, or 32.9% / 54.9% / 29.8% by channel.

What is #548c4c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(113, 30%, 42%) and hsv(113, 46%, 55%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #548c4c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2116 and perceived brightness is 47%, so black text on it reaches 5.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #548c4c?

Black. It scores 5.23:1 against #548c4c, versus 4.01:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #548c4c accessible on a white background?

#548c4c on white scores 4.01:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #4E8247 to reach 4.5:1, or #3A6135 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #548c4c?

#844C8C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #644C8C and #8C4C74, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #548c4c?

For interface work: #F6FAF5 as the surface, #CDE2CA for borders, #599551 for secondary text, #754890 as an accent and #32532D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #748C4C and #4C8C64 stays calm, while #844C8C is the loudest partner.

What is #548c4c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 46%, 45%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #548c4c warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6C8C4C; nudged cooler, #4A8E5A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #548c4c?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 15.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #548c4c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #548c4c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#548c4c] or text-[#548c4c], 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 #548c4c with 50% opacity?

rgba(84, 140, 76, 0.5), or #548c4c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #AAC6A6; over black, #2A4626.

Is #548c4c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669933, ΔE2000 8.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #548c4c 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 #548c4c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #71AD68, #548c4c 45%, #32532D). For more colour, a short hue run to #417864 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #548c4c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #548c4c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.