#217650 is a mid-toned, cool teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #217650 works with other colors. Named schemes with #217650 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Fern 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.
Fern Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Fern 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 Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #217650 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 #217650 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #217650;
--color-base-rgb: 33 118 80;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.5% 0.101 159.6);
--color-50: #F3FCF8;
--color-100: #DFF7EC;
--color-200: #BFEDD8;
--color-300: #93DCBB;
--color-400: #6BC79E;
--color-500: #49AC7F;
--color-600: #3E8464;
--color-700: #315E4A;
--color-800: #233E32;
--color-900: #17261F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F3FCF8',
100: '#DFF7EC',
200: '#BFEDD8',
300: '#93DCBB',
400: '#6BC79E',
500: '#49AC7F',
600: '#3E8464',
700: '#315E4A',
800: '#233E32',
900: '#17261F',
},
}
$base: #217650; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F3FCF8; $base-100: #DFF7EC; $base-200: #BFEDD8; $base-300: #93DCBB; $base-400: #6BC79E; $base-500: #49AC7F; $base-600: #3E8464; $base-700: #315E4A; $base-800: #233E32; $base-900: #17261F; $base-hover: #1B5F41; $base-subtle: #B3E0CC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#217650",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF7EC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#93DCBB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6BC79E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#49AC7F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3E8464",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#315E4A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E32",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#17261F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}