#397338 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #397338 works with other colors. Named schemes with #397338 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 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 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.
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 #397338 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 #397338 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #397338;
--color-base-rgb: 57 115 56;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(50.1% 0.109 143.4);
--color-50: #F5FAF4;
--color-100: #E3F2E3;
--color-200: #C8E4C8;
--color-300: #A2CEA1;
--color-400: #7DB67C;
--color-500: #5D995C;
--color-600: #4C774B;
--color-700: #3A5639;
--color-800: #283928;
--color-900: #1A231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F5FAF4',
100: '#E3F2E3',
200: '#C8E4C8',
300: '#A2CEA1',
400: '#7DB67C',
500: '#5D995C',
600: '#4C774B',
700: '#3A5639',
800: '#283928',
900: '#1A231A',
},
}
$base: #397338; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5FAF4; $base-100: #E3F2E3; $base-200: #C8E4C8; $base-300: #A2CEA1; $base-400: #7DB67C; $base-500: #5D995C; $base-600: #4C774B; $base-700: #3A5639; $base-800: #283928; $base-900: #1A231A; $base-hover: #2E5E2D; $base-subtle: #C0DABF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#397338",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E4C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A2CEA1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7DB67C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5D995C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4C774B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A5639",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283928",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}