#588263 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 reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #588263 works with other colors. Named schemes with #588263 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Viridian leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Viridian plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Viridian 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.
Viridian 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.
Viridian 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 Viridian carrying the quiet middle.
How #588263 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 #588263 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #588263;
--color-base-rgb: 88 130 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.7% 0.067 152.0);
--color-50: #F6F9F7;
--color-100: #E7EFE9;
--color-200: #CEDED3;
--color-300: #ABC4B2;
--color-400: #89A992;
--color-500: #6A8B73;
--color-600: #556D5B;
--color-700: #404F44;
--color-800: #2C352E;
--color-900: #1C211D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F6F9F7',
100: '#E7EFE9',
200: '#CEDED3',
300: '#ABC4B2',
400: '#89A992',
500: '#6A8B73',
600: '#556D5B',
700: '#404F44',
800: '#2C352E',
900: '#1C211D',
},
}
$base: #588263; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F7; $base-100: #E7EFE9; $base-200: #CEDED3; $base-300: #ABC4B2; $base-400: #89A992; $base-500: #6A8B73; $base-600: #556D5B; $base-700: #404F44; $base-800: #2C352E; $base-900: #1C211D; $base-hover: #476850; $base-subtle: #CDDAD0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#588263",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7EFE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEDED3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ABC4B2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#89A992",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6A8B73",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#556D5B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#404F44",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C352E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C211D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}