#5E7F64 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 #5E7F64 works with other colors. Named schemes with #5E7F64 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 #5E7F64 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 #5E7F64 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #5E7F64;
--color-base-rgb: 94 127 100;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(56.3% 0.056 149.8);
--color-50: #F6F9F7;
--color-100: #E7EEE9;
--color-200: #D0DCD2;
--color-300: #AEC1B1;
--color-400: #8DA591;
--color-500: #6D8872;
--color-600: #586A5B;
--color-700: #414D44;
--color-800: #2D342E;
--color-900: #1D211D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
viridian: {
50: '#F6F9F7',
100: '#E7EEE9',
200: '#D0DCD2',
300: '#AEC1B1',
400: '#8DA591',
500: '#6D8872',
600: '#586A5B',
700: '#414D44',
800: '#2D342E',
900: '#1D211D',
},
}
$base: #5E7F64; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F7; $base-100: #E7EEE9; $base-200: #D0DCD2; $base-300: #AEC1B1; $base-400: #8DA591; $base-500: #6D8872; $base-600: #586A5B; $base-700: #414D44; $base-800: #2D342E; $base-900: #1D211D; $base-hover: #4B654F; $base-subtle: #CED8D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#5E7F64",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7EEE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0DCD2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AEC1B1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8DA591",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6D8872",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#586A5B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#414D44",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D342E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D211D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}