#484335 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 #484335 works with other colors. Named schemes with #484335 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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.
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 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.
Taupe is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Taupe.
How #484335 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 #484335 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #484335;
--color-base-rgb: 72 67 53;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(38.4% 0.024 90.7);
--color-50: #F9F8F6;
--color-100: #EEECE7;
--color-200: #DCD9D0;
--color-300: #C1BCAE;
--color-400: #A59F8D;
--color-500: #88816D;
--color-600: #6A6558;
--color-700: #4D4A41;
--color-800: #34322D;
--color-900: #21201D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
taupe: {
50: '#F9F8F6',
100: '#EEECE7',
200: '#DCD9D0',
300: '#C1BCAE',
400: '#A59F8D',
500: '#88816D',
600: '#6A6558',
700: '#4D4A41',
800: '#34322D',
900: '#21201D',
},
}
$base: #484335; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F8F6; $base-100: #EEECE7; $base-200: #DCD9D0; $base-300: #C1BCAE; $base-400: #A59F8D; $base-500: #88816D; $base-600: #6A6558; $base-700: #4D4A41; $base-800: #34322D; $base-900: #21201D; $base-hover: #3B372B; $base-subtle: #CCC9BF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#484335",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F8F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEECE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCD9D0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1BCAE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A59F8D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#88816D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A6558",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4A41",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34322D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}