#788264 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 #788264 works with other colors. Named schemes with #788264 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 #788264 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 #788264 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #788264;
--color-base-rgb: 120 130 100;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.0% 0.046 122.8);
--color-50: #F8F8F6;
--color-100: #ECEDE8;
--color-200: #D8DBD1;
--color-300: #BAC0AF;
--color-400: #9DA48E;
--color-500: #7E866F;
--color-600: #646959;
--color-700: #494D42;
--color-800: #31342D;
--color-900: #1F201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F8F8F6',
100: '#ECEDE8',
200: '#D8DBD1',
300: '#BAC0AF',
400: '#9DA48E',
500: '#7E866F',
600: '#646959',
700: '#494D42',
800: '#31342D',
900: '#1F201D',
},
}
$base: #788264; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F8F6; $base-100: #ECEDE8; $base-200: #D8DBD1; $base-300: #BAC0AF; $base-400: #9DA48E; $base-500: #7E866F; $base-600: #646959; $base-700: #494D42; $base-800: #31342D; $base-900: #1F201D; $base-hover: #606850; $base-subtle: #D6D9D1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#788264",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F8F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECEDE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8DBD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BAC0AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9DA48E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7E866F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#646959",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#494D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}