#253115 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #253115 works with other colors. Named schemes with #253115 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sacramento Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sacramento 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.
Sacramento Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Sacramento Green carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Sacramento 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 Sacramento Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #253115 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 #253115 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #253115;
--color-base-rgb: 37 49 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.4% 0.049 128.2);
--color-50: #F8FBF4;
--color-100: #ECF3E2;
--color-200: #D8E6C6;
--color-300: #BBD19E;
--color-400: #9DBA78;
--color-500: #7F9E57;
--color-600: #647A48;
--color-700: #4A5837;
--color-800: #323A27;
--color-900: #1F2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sacramento-green: {
50: '#F8FBF4',
100: '#ECF3E2',
200: '#D8E6C6',
300: '#BBD19E',
400: '#9DBA78',
500: '#7F9E57',
600: '#647A48',
700: '#4A5837',
800: '#323A27',
900: '#1F2419',
},
}
$base: #253115; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FBF4; $base-100: #ECF3E2; $base-200: #D8E6C6; $base-300: #BBD19E; $base-400: #9DBA78; $base-500: #7F9E57; $base-600: #647A48; $base-700: #4A5837; $base-800: #323A27; $base-900: #1F2419; $base-hover: #1E2811; $base-subtle: #C0D1A9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#253115",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECF3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8E6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BBD19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9DBA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7F9E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#647A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A5837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#323A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}