#5B8063 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 #5B8063 works with other colors. Named schemes with #5B8063 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 #5B8063 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 #5B8063 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #5B8063;
--color-base-rgb: 91 128 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.4% 0.061 150.7);
--color-50: #F6F9F7;
--color-100: #E7EEE9;
--color-200: #CFDDD2;
--color-300: #ADC3B1;
--color-400: #8BA791;
--color-500: #6B8972;
--color-600: #566B5B;
--color-700: #414E44;
--color-800: #2C352E;
--color-900: #1C211D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F6F9F7',
100: '#E7EEE9',
200: '#CFDDD2',
300: '#ADC3B1',
400: '#8BA791',
500: '#6B8972',
600: '#566B5B',
700: '#414E44',
800: '#2C352E',
900: '#1C211D',
},
}
$base: #5B8063; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F7; $base-100: #E7EEE9; $base-200: #CFDDD2; $base-300: #ADC3B1; $base-400: #8BA791; $base-500: #6B8972; $base-600: #566B5B; $base-700: #414E44; $base-800: #2C352E; $base-900: #1C211D; $base-hover: #49674F; $base-subtle: #CED9D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#5B8063",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7EEE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CFDDD2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ADC3B1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8BA791",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6B8972",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#566B5B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#414E44",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C352E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C211D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}