#8AAD83 is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #8AAD83 works with other colors. Named schemes with #8AAD83 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sage 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.
Sage leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sage opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Sage holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Sage 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 Sage carrying the quiet middle.
How #8AAD83 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 #8AAD83 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8AAD83;
--color-base-rgb: 138 173 131;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(71.0% 0.071 140.4);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E8EFE6;
--color-200: #D1DECE;
--color-300: #AFC5AB;
--color-400: #8EAA88;
--color-500: #6F8C69;
--color-600: #596D54;
--color-700: #424F3F;
--color-800: #2D352C;
--color-900: #1D211C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sage: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E8EFE6',
200: '#D1DECE',
300: '#AFC5AB',
400: '#8EAA88',
500: '#6F8C69',
600: '#596D54',
700: '#424F3F',
800: '#2D352C',
900: '#1D211C',
},
}
$base: #8AAD83; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E8EFE6; $base-200: #D1DECE; $base-300: #AFC5AB; $base-400: #8EAA88; $base-500: #6F8C69; $base-600: #596D54; $base-700: #424F3F; $base-800: #2D352C; $base-900: #1D211C; $base-hover: #6A9362; $base-subtle: #DDE5DC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8AAD83",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8EFE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D1DECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AFC5AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8EAA88",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6F8C69",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#596D54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#424F3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}