#615554 is a mid neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #615554 works with other colors. Named schemes with #615554 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Wenge is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Wenge.
Wenge plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Wenge 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.
Wenge 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.
Wenge 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 Wenge carrying the quiet middle.
How #615554 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 #615554 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #615554;
--color-base-rgb: 97 85 84;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(46.1% 0.016 23.4);
--color-50: #F8F7F7;
--color-100: #ECE9E9;
--color-200: #D9D4D3;
--color-300: #BCB4B3;
--color-400: #9F9493;
--color-500: #817574;
--color-600: #655D5D;
--color-700: #4A4545;
--color-800: #322F2F;
--color-900: #201E1D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
wenge: {
50: '#F8F7F7',
100: '#ECE9E9',
200: '#D9D4D3',
300: '#BCB4B3',
400: '#9F9493',
500: '#817574',
600: '#655D5D',
700: '#4A4545',
800: '#322F2F',
900: '#201E1D',
},
}
$base: #615554; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F7F7; $base-100: #ECE9E9; $base-200: #D9D4D3; $base-300: #BCB4B3; $base-400: #9F9493; $base-500: #817574; $base-600: #655D5D; $base-700: #4A4545; $base-800: #322F2F; $base-900: #201E1D; $base-hover: #4C4342; $base-subtle: #D0CBCB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#615554",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F7F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECE9E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9D4D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCB4B3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9F9493",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#817574",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#655D5D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A4545",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#322F2F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201E1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}