#808263 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge, restrained and easy to live with. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #808263 works with other colors. Named schemes with #808263 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Shadow as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 #808263 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 #808263 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #808263;
--color-base-rgb: 128 130 99;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.6% 0.045 110.7);
--color-50: #F8F9F6;
--color-100: #EDEEE8;
--color-200: #DBDCD1;
--color-300: #BFC1AF;
--color-400: #A3A58D;
--color-500: #85876E;
--color-600: #686A58;
--color-700: #4C4D42;
--color-800: #33342D;
--color-900: #20201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
shadow: {
50: '#F8F9F6',
100: '#EDEEE8',
200: '#DBDCD1',
300: '#BFC1AF',
400: '#A3A58D',
500: '#85876E',
600: '#686A58',
700: '#4C4D42',
800: '#33342D',
900: '#20201D',
},
}
$base: #808263; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F9F6; $base-100: #EDEEE8; $base-200: #DBDCD1; $base-300: #BFC1AF; $base-400: #A3A58D; $base-500: #85876E; $base-600: #686A58; $base-700: #4C4D42; $base-800: #33342D; $base-900: #20201D; $base-hover: #67694F; $base-subtle: #D9D9D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#808263",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDEEE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBDCD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BFC1AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A3A58D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#85876E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#686A58",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C4D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#33342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#20201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}