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Reposeful Zelyonyy

#4a6e0f
Notes

Reposeful Zelyonyy (#4A6E0F) is a deep lime with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (83°, 76%, 25%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#4a6e0f
RGB
rgb(74, 110, 15)
HSL
hsl(83, 76%, 25%)
HWB
hwb(83 6% 57%)
OKLCH
oklch(49.3% 0.124 129.3)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3209 0.4276 0.1373)
HSV
hsv(83, 86%, 43%)
LAB
lab(42.22% -27.47 43.95)
LCH
lch(42.22% 51.83 122.00)
CMYK
cmyk(33%, 0%, 86%, 57%)

Etymology

Reposeful
adjective

Latin repōnere, to put back — adjectival suffix -ful. As a color modifier, reposeful implies a clear-and-restful-and-still quality, the calm color of pre-modern monastic cloister-and-refectory meditative-and-silent interior architecture. Sits at the crisp-and-calm end of the grid, parallel to peaceful and placid in usage.

Zelyonyy
noun

The Russian word for green — used in classical Russian literature for the zelyonyye lawns of Moscow's pre-revolutionary gardens and the green velvet of Russian Orthodox vestments. The color refers to a zelyonyy-painted Russian carriage interior: a saturated, slightly cool green with the matte finish of weathered paint.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#4a6e0f
Original
#746500
Protanopia
#6f631a
Deuteranopia
#4c695d
Tritanopia
#5f5f5f
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
5.95:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.53:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##4A6E0F
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3209 0.4276 0.1373)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.124

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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