#166115 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #166115 works with other colors. Named schemes with #166115 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Dark Green anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Dark Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Dark Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Dark Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #166115 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #166115 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #166115;
--color-base-rgb: 22 97 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(43.2% 0.130 142.8);
--color-50: #F2FDF2;
--color-100: #DDF8DD;
--color-200: #BDF0BC;
--color-300: #90E18E;
--color-400: #66CE64;
--color-500: #44B342;
--color-600: #3A8939;
--color-700: #2E612E;
--color-800: #224021;
--color-900: #162716;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-green: {
50: '#F2FDF2',
100: '#DDF8DD',
200: '#BDF0BC',
300: '#90E18E',
400: '#66CE64',
500: '#44B342',
600: '#3A8939',
700: '#2E612E',
800: '#224021',
900: '#162716',
},
}
$base: #166115; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDF2; $base-100: #DDF8DD; $base-200: #BDF0BC; $base-300: #90E18E; $base-400: #66CE64; $base-500: #44B342; $base-600: #3A8939; $base-700: #2E612E; $base-800: #224021; $base-900: #162716; $base-hover: #124D11; $base-subtle: #A8E1A7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#166115",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BDF0BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#90E18E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#66CE64",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#44B342",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3A8939",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2E612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#224021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}