#3D4630 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 #3D4630 works with other colors. Named schemes with #3D4630 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Taupe leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Taupe plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Taupe 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.
Taupe 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.
Taupe 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 Taupe carrying the quiet middle.
How #3D4630 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 #3D4630 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #3D4630;
--color-base-rgb: 61 70 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(37.9% 0.038 126.2);
--color-50: #F8F9F6;
--color-100: #EBEFE7;
--color-200: #D7DECE;
--color-300: #BAC4AB;
--color-400: #9CA989;
--color-500: #7D8B6A;
--color-600: #636D55;
--color-700: #494F40;
--color-800: #31352C;
--color-900: #1F211C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
taupe: {
50: '#F8F9F6',
100: '#EBEFE7',
200: '#D7DECE',
300: '#BAC4AB',
400: '#9CA989',
500: '#7D8B6A',
600: '#636D55',
700: '#494F40',
800: '#31352C',
900: '#1F211C',
},
}
$base: #3D4630; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F9F6; $base-100: #EBEFE7; $base-200: #D7DECE; $base-300: #BAC4AB; $base-400: #9CA989; $base-500: #7D8B6A; $base-600: #636D55; $base-700: #494F40; $base-800: #31352C; $base-900: #1F211C; $base-hover: #303826; $base-subtle: #C6CDBC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#3D4630",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBEFE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D7DECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BAC4AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9CA989",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7D8B6A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#636D55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#494F40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}