#397A47 is a mid-toned, temperate 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 sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #397A47 works with other colors. Named schemes with #397A47 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 #397A47 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 #397A47 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #397A47;
--color-base-rgb: 57 122 71;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(52.3% 0.104 148.8);
--color-50: #F4FAF6;
--color-100: #E3F2E6;
--color-200: #C8E5CE;
--color-300: #A0CFAA;
--color-400: #7BB788;
--color-500: #5B9A68;
--color-600: #4A7754;
--color-700: #39563F;
--color-800: #28392C;
--color-900: #1A231C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F4FAF6',
100: '#E3F2E6',
200: '#C8E5CE',
300: '#A0CFAA',
400: '#7BB788',
500: '#5B9A68',
600: '#4A7754',
700: '#39563F',
800: '#28392C',
900: '#1A231C',
},
}
$base: #397A47; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F4FAF6; $base-100: #E3F2E6; $base-200: #C8E5CE; $base-300: #A0CFAA; $base-400: #7BB788; $base-500: #5B9A68; $base-600: #4A7754; $base-700: #39563F; $base-800: #28392C; $base-900: #1A231C; $base-hover: #2E6139; $base-subtle: #C0DBC6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#397A47",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E5CE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A0CFAA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7BB788",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5B9A68",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4A7754",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#39563F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#28392C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A231C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}