#5D7E60 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 #5D7E60 works with other colors. Named schemes with #5D7E60 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 #5D7E60 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 #5D7E60 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #5D7E60;
--color-base-rgb: 93 126 96;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.9% 0.059 147.1);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E7EEE8;
--color-200: #D0DCD1;
--color-300: #AEC1B0;
--color-400: #8DA58F;
--color-500: #6D886F;
--color-600: #586A59;
--color-700: #414D42;
--color-800: #2D342D;
--color-900: #1D211D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E7EEE8',
200: '#D0DCD1',
300: '#AEC1B0',
400: '#8DA58F',
500: '#6D886F',
600: '#586A59',
700: '#414D42',
800: '#2D342D',
900: '#1D211D',
},
}
$base: #5D7E60; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E7EEE8; $base-200: #D0DCD1; $base-300: #AEC1B0; $base-400: #8DA58F; $base-500: #6D886F; $base-600: #586A59; $base-700: #414D42; $base-800: #2D342D; $base-900: #1D211D; $base-hover: #4B654D; $base-subtle: #CED8CF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#5D7E60",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7EEE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0DCD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AEC1B0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8DA58F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6D886F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#586A59",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#414D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D211D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}