#888777 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #888777 works with other colors. Named schemes with #888777 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Battleship Grey leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Battleship Grey plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Battleship Grey 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.
Battleship Grey 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.
Battleship Grey 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 Battleship Grey carrying the quiet middle.
How #888777 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 #888777 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #888777;
--color-base-rgb: 136 135 119;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(62.0% 0.023 104.1);
--color-50: #F8F8F7;
--color-100: #ECECE9;
--color-200: #D9D9D3;
--color-300: #BCBCB3;
--color-400: #9F9E93;
--color-500: #818074;
--color-600: #65655D;
--color-700: #4A4A45;
--color-800: #32322F;
--color-900: #20201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
battleship-grey: {
50: '#F8F8F7',
100: '#ECECE9',
200: '#D9D9D3',
300: '#BCBCB3',
400: '#9F9E93',
500: '#818074',
600: '#65655D',
700: '#4A4A45',
800: '#32322F',
900: '#20201D',
},
}
$base: #888777; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F8F7; $base-100: #ECECE9; $base-200: #D9D9D3; $base-300: #BCBCB3; $base-400: #9F9E93; $base-500: #818074; $base-600: #65655D; $base-700: #4A4A45; $base-800: #32322F; $base-900: #20201D; $base-hover: #6D6C5F; $base-subtle: #DBDBD7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#888777",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F8F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECECE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9D9D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCBCB3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9F9E93",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#818074",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#65655D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A4A45",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32322F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#20201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}