#697A52 is a mid-toned, temperate 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 #697A52 works with other colors. Named schemes with #697A52 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Fern Green 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.
Fern Green 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.
Fern Green 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 Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #697A52 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 #697A52 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #697A52;
--color-base-rgb: 105 122 82;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(55.5% 0.062 127.0);
--color-50: #F8F9F6;
--color-100: #EBEFE6;
--color-200: #D7DECE;
--color-300: #B9C5AB;
--color-400: #9BAA88;
--color-500: #7D8C69;
--color-600: #636D54;
--color-700: #484F3F;
--color-800: #31352C;
--color-900: #1F211C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F8F9F6',
100: '#EBEFE6',
200: '#D7DECE',
300: '#B9C5AB',
400: '#9BAA88',
500: '#7D8C69',
600: '#636D54',
700: '#484F3F',
800: '#31352C',
900: '#1F211C',
},
}
$base: #697A52; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F9F6; $base-100: #EBEFE6; $base-200: #D7DECE; $base-300: #B9C5AB; $base-400: #9BAA88; $base-500: #7D8C69; $base-600: #636D54; $base-700: #484F3F; $base-800: #31352C; $base-900: #1F211C; $base-hover: #546241; $base-subtle: #D2D8CA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#697A52",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBEFE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D7DECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B9C5AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9BAA88",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7D8C69",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#636D54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#484F3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}