#31351A is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #31351A works with other colors. Named schemes with #31351A in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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 Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
How #31351A 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 #31351A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #31351A;
--color-base-rgb: 49 53 26;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(31.7% 0.044 115.9);
--color-50: #F9FAF4;
--color-100: #F0F2E3;
--color-200: #E0E4C8;
--color-300: #C7CEA2;
--color-400: #ADB57D;
--color-500: #8F985C;
--color-600: #70764C;
--color-700: #51553A;
--color-800: #363928;
--color-900: #22231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9FAF4',
100: '#F0F2E3',
200: '#E0E4C8',
300: '#C7CEA2',
400: '#ADB57D',
500: '#8F985C',
600: '#70764C',
700: '#51553A',
800: '#363928',
900: '#22231A',
},
}
$base: #31351A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FAF4; $base-100: #F0F2E3; $base-200: #E0E4C8; $base-300: #C7CEA2; $base-400: #ADB57D; $base-500: #8F985C; $base-600: #70764C; $base-700: #51553A; $base-800: #363928; $base-900: #22231A; $base-hover: #262914; $base-subtle: #CACFAD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#31351A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0E4C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C7CEA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ADB57D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8F985C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#70764C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#51553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#22231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}