Broccoli Green

#4b5338

Muted earthy green for grounded, calmer accents

Save
Share

About Broccoli Green

Broccoli Green reads darker and duller than its neighbors, it's the shade that leans hard into muted, almost like someone turned down the saturation dial on the whole thing. Where Bimi stays bright enough to feel alive and splits the difference between green and brown, this one commits to being muddy and understated. It's the color of actual vegetables, not the idea of them.

You'll use it on packaging for natural or heritage products, editorial layouts that need real weight without pretension, and interface backgrounds where you want something that disappears behind content instead of competing with it. It pairs well with warm whites and natural materials, and it won't fight you on darker surfaces the way lighter greens do. This is the color that works harder than it looks, it anchors without announcing itself.

The catch: it's darker than Bimi so it needs more breathing room around it, and grayer than so it won't feel as warm or intentional on heritage packaging. It's particular about context. Test it early against your actual content weight, not just as a swatch.

Gradient preview

See how this color looks in an animated mesh gradient.

Conversions

Click any value to copy.

Need this programmatically? Color API

Code snippets

Copy this color into your project.

Contrast checker

WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

Aa
8.10:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

Aa
7.43:1AAA

On Gray 900 #18181b

Aa
2.19:1Fail

On Black #000000

Aa
2.59:1Fail

Variations

Shades

Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.

Tints

Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.

Tones

Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.

Hues

Hue rotations around the color wheel.

Temperatures

Warm and cool shifts of this color.

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split Complementary
Tetradic

Suggested palettes

Palettes built around this color.

4 colors
3 colors
4 colors
4 colors

Community palettes

Published palettes that include this color.

Similar colors

#4d503c
#3a533d
#4e4b35
#3b593a
#415b36

Create a gradient with Broccoli Green

Open the generator with this color pre-loaded.

Start creating