#396935 is a mid-toned, temperate 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 #396935 works with other colors. Named schemes with #396935 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Olive Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Dark Olive 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 Olive 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 Olive Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Dark Olive 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 Olive Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #396935 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 #396935 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #396935;
--color-base-rgb: 57 105 53;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(47.3% 0.096 142.3);
--color-50: #F5FAF5;
--color-100: #E5F2E3;
--color-200: #CBE4C9;
--color-300: #A6CDA2;
--color-400: #82B47E;
--color-500: #62975D;
--color-600: #50754C;
--color-700: #3C553A;
--color-800: #2A3829;
--color-900: #1B231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-olive-green: {
50: '#F5FAF5',
100: '#E5F2E3',
200: '#CBE4C9',
300: '#A6CDA2',
400: '#82B47E',
500: '#62975D',
600: '#50754C',
700: '#3C553A',
800: '#2A3829',
900: '#1B231A',
},
}
$base: #396935; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5FAF5; $base-100: #E5F2E3; $base-200: #CBE4C9; $base-300: #A6CDA2; $base-400: #82B47E; $base-500: #62975D; $base-600: #50754C; $base-700: #3C553A; $base-800: #2A3829; $base-900: #1B231A; $base-hover: #2E542A; $base-subtle: #BFD7BD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#396935",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CBE4C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A6CDA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#82B47E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#62975D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#50754C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3C553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}