#559451 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 #559451 works with other colors. Named schemes with #559451 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Russian Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Russian 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.
Russian 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.
Russian Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Russian 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 Russian Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #559451 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 #559451 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #559451;
--color-base-rgb: 85 148 81;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(60.7% 0.118 142.7);
--color-50: #F5FAF5;
--color-100: #E5F1E4;
--color-200: #CCE2CA;
--color-300: #A7CAA5;
--color-400: #84B181;
--color-500: #649461;
--color-600: #51734F;
--color-700: #3D533C;
--color-800: #2A3729;
--color-900: #1B231B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
russian-green: {
50: '#F5FAF5',
100: '#E5F1E4',
200: '#CCE2CA',
300: '#A7CAA5',
400: '#84B181',
500: '#649461',
600: '#51734F',
700: '#3D533C',
800: '#2A3729',
900: '#1B231B',
},
}
$base: #559451; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF5; $base-100: #E5F1E4; $base-200: #CCE2CA; $base-300: #A7CAA5; $base-400: #84B181; $base-500: #649461; $base-600: #51734F; $base-700: #3D533C; $base-800: #2A3729; $base-900: #1B231B; $base-hover: #457641; $base-subtle: #CDDECC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#559451",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F1E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7CAA5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#84B181",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649461",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#51734F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3729",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}