#718263 is a muted, 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 #718263 works with other colors. Named schemes with #718263 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Shadow leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Shadow plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Shadow 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.
Shadow 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.
Shadow 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 Shadow carrying the quiet middle.
How #718263 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 #718263 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #718263;
--color-base-rgb: 113 130 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.4% 0.050 131.2);
--color-50: #F7F9F6;
--color-100: #EAEEE8;
--color-200: #D6DCD1;
--color-300: #B7C1AF;
--color-400: #98A58D;
--color-500: #79876E;
--color-600: #606A58;
--color-700: #474D42;
--color-800: #30342D;
--color-900: #1E201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F7F9F6',
100: '#EAEEE8',
200: '#D6DCD1',
300: '#B7C1AF',
400: '#98A58D',
500: '#79876E',
600: '#606A58',
700: '#474D42',
800: '#30342D',
900: '#1E201D',
},
}
$base: #718263; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7F9F6; $base-100: #EAEEE8; $base-200: #D6DCD1; $base-300: #B7C1AF; $base-400: #98A58D; $base-500: #79876E; $base-600: #606A58; $base-700: #474D42; $base-800: #30342D; $base-900: #1E201D; $base-hover: #5B694F; $base-subtle: #D4D9D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#718263",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAEEE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D6DCD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B7C1AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#98A58D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#79876E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#606A58",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#474D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#30342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}