Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Epoxy Green

Epoxy Green is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #4E8A57. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 78, 138, 87, HSL 129, 28%, 42%, cool temperature, and is useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes.

#4E8A57 green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #4E8A57
RGB rgb(78, 138, 87)
HSL hsl(129 28% 42%)
CMYK cmyk(43, 0, 37, 46)
Luminance 0.2048
Contrast Black 5.1:1White 4.12:1

CSS Utilities

--color-epoxy-green: #4E8A57;
.bg-epoxy-green { background-color: #4E8A57; }
.text-epoxy-green { color: #4E8A57; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.2048
Black text5.1:1AA Pass
White text4.12:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    138,
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  ],
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    28,
    42
  ],
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    0,
    37,
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  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
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  ],
  "triadic": [
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  ],
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    "#894D80",
    "#89744D"
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    "#894D62"
  ],
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    "#4E8A57",
    "#2C4E31"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#7CB685",
  "dark": "#2C4E31",
  "saturated": "#36A146",
  "desaturated": "#657267",
  "pastel": "#A0B6A3",
  "neon": "#00FF26"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#7CB685",
    "#657267"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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    ],
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      "signage"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "soft wellness palettes"
    ]
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  },
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      "#1A1A1A",
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Epoxy Green Color

Epoxy Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Epoxy Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include utility, visibility, and precision, which makes it relevant for transportation and tools. In design work, Epoxy Green is most useful for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Epoxy Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #4E8A57.Epoxy Green CSS utilitiesUse Epoxy Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#4E8A57 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Epoxy Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Epoxy Green.Epoxy Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Epoxy Green against black and white text.

Black text5.1:1AA Pass
White text4.12:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Hookers Green#49796B
Cactus Green#587156
Fern Green#4F7942
Viridian#40826D
Sea Green#2E8B57

Color Harmonies

#894D80#894D80
#62894D#62894D
#4D8974#4D8974
#564D89#564D89
#89564D#89564D
Open full Epoxy Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#7CB685#7CB685
#2C4E31#2C4E31
#36A146#36A146
#657267#657267
#A0B6A3#A0B6A3
#00FF26#00FF26

Pairings

Black#000000
#894D80#894D80
#62894D#62894D
#4D8974#4D8974
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5