Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Moss Deep

Moss Deep is an earth tone and jewel tone green color with HEX #4A5D23. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 74, 93, 35, HSL 80, 45%, 25%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#4A5D23 green cool earth-tonejewel-tone
HEX #4A5D23
RGB rgb(74, 93, 35)
HSL hsl(80 45% 25%)
CMYK cmyk(20, 0, 62, 64)
Luminance 0.0941
Contrast Black 2.88:1White 7.29:1

CSS Utilities

--color-moss-deep: #4A5D23;
.bg-moss-deep { background-color: #4A5D23; }
.text-moss-deep { color: #4A5D23; }
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
Luminance0.0941
Black text2.88:1AA Fail
White text7.29:1AA Pass
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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  "rgb": [
    74,
    93,
    35
  ],
  "hsl": [
    80,
    45,
    25
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    20,
    0,
    62,
    64
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0941,
  "contrast": {
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    "white": 7.29
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#36235C",
  "analogous": [
    "#5C5323",
    "#2D5C23"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#23495C",
    "#5C2349"
  ],
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    "#235C53",
    "#36235C",
    "#5C232D"
  ],
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    "#232D5C",
    "#53235C"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#7E9F3C",
    "#4A5D23",
    "#151A0A"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#7E9F3C",
  "dark": "#151A0A",
  "saturated": "#4E6A15",
  "desaturated": "#454E31",
  "pastel": "#8CA659",
  "neon": "#70A800"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#36235C",
    "#5C5323",
    "#2D5C23"
  ],
  "avoid": [
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    "#7E9F3C"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#7E9F3C",
    "#454E31"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "terre-verte",
    "hunter-green",
    "fern-frond",
    "taupe"
  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone",
    "/colors/by-tone/jewel-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
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    "/wcag/moss-deep",
    "/css/colors/moss-deep",
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  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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    ],
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      "/harmonies/moss-deep",
      "/wcag/moss-deep",
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      "/hex/4a5d23"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "slug": "moss-deep",
  "name": "Moss Deep",
  "hex": "#4A5D23",
  "uses": [
    "botanical palettes",
    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
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    "associations": [
      "life",
      "seasonality",
      "organic texture"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "strict grayscale systems"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
    "type": "common",
    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design, material, cultural, and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "green",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "earth-tone",
    "jewel-tone"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "cool",
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    "jewel-tone",
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    "natural-product-design",
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    "life",
    "seasonality",
    "organic-texture"
  ],
  "popularity": 84,
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    93,
    35
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  "hsl": [
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    45,
    25
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  },
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      "#2D5C23"
    ],
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      "#36235C",
      "#5C232D"
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      "#53235C"
    ],
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    "pastel": "#8CA659",
    "neon": "#70A800"
  },
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    "AA": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
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      "#FFFFFF"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-moss-deep: #4A5D23;",
    "utility": ".bg-moss-deep { background-color: #4A5D23; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-moss-deep { color: #4A5D23; }"
  },
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      "/hex/4a5d23"
    ]
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      "#36235C",
      "#5C5323",
      "#2D5C23"
    ],
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      "#7E9F3C"
    ],
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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      "#454E31"
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  }
}
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Color meaning and use

About Moss Deep Color

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

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Moss Deep is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Moss Deep accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #4A5D23.Moss Deep CSS utilitiesUse Moss Deep in CSS variables and utility classes.#4A5D23 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Moss Deep paletteOpen the generated palette based on Moss Deep.Moss Deep harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Moss Deep against black and white text.

Black text2.88:1AA Fail
White text7.29:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Dark Olive Green#556B2F
Terre Verte#385E0F
Hunter Green#355E3B
Fern Frond#657220
Taupe#483C32

Color Harmonies

#36235C#36235C
#5C5323#5C5323
#2D5C23#2D5C23
#23495C#23495C
#5C2349#5C2349
Open full Moss Deep harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#7E9F3C#7E9F3C
#151A0A#151A0A
#4E6A15#4E6A15
#454E31#454E31
#8CA659#8CA659
#70A800#70A800

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#36235C#36235C
#5C5323#5C5323
#2D5C23#2D5C23
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5