#585D3C is a muted, 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #585D3C works with other colors. Named schemes with #585D3C in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Ebony as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Ebony 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.
Ebony plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Ebony leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ebony 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 Ebony carrying the quiet middle.
How #585D3C 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 #585D3C at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #585D3C;
--color-base-rgb: 88 93 60;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.5% 0.050 115.4);
--color-50: #F9F9F6;
--color-100: #EEEFE6;
--color-200: #DCDFCD;
--color-300: #C2C6A9;
--color-400: #A6AB87;
--color-500: #888E67;
--color-600: #6A6F53;
--color-700: #4E503F;
--color-800: #34362B;
--color-900: #21221C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ebony: {
50: '#F9F9F6',
100: '#EEEFE6',
200: '#DCDFCD',
300: '#C2C6A9',
400: '#A6AB87',
500: '#888E67',
600: '#6A6F53',
700: '#4E503F',
800: '#34362B',
900: '#21221C',
},
}
$base: #585D3C; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F9F6; $base-100: #EEEFE6; $base-200: #DCDFCD; $base-300: #C2C6A9; $base-400: #A6AB87; $base-500: #888E67; $base-600: #6A6F53; $base-700: #4E503F; $base-800: #34362B; $base-900: #21221C; $base-hover: #474B30; $base-subtle: #D0D2C0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#585D3C",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEFE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCDFCD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C2C6A9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A6AB87",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#888E67",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A6F53",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E503F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34362B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21221C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}