#8DBD4E is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #8DBD4E works with other colors. Named schemes with #8DBD4E in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Mantis as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Mantis leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Mantis holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Mantis opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Mantis 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 Mantis carrying the quiet middle.
How #8DBD4E 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 #8DBD4E at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #8DBD4E;
--color-base-rgb: 141 189 78;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(74.1% 0.150 129.1);
--color-50: #F8FBF3;
--color-100: #ECF5E1;
--color-200: #D9E9C4;
--color-300: #BCD59A;
--color-400: #9EBF73;
--color-500: #80A352;
--color-600: #657E44;
--color-700: #4A5A35;
--color-800: #323C25;
--color-900: #1F2518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mantis: {
50: '#F8FBF3',
100: '#ECF5E1',
200: '#D9E9C4',
300: '#BCD59A',
400: '#9EBF73',
500: '#80A352',
600: '#657E44',
700: '#4A5A35',
800: '#323C25',
900: '#1F2518',
},
}
$base: #8DBD4E; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FBF3; $base-100: #ECF5E1; $base-200: #D9E9C4; $base-300: #BCD59A; $base-400: #9EBF73; $base-500: #80A352; $base-600: #657E44; $base-700: #4A5A35; $base-800: #323C25; $base-900: #1F2518; $base-hover: #719B39; $base-subtle: #DCE7CD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#8DBD4E",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECF5E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9E9C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCD59A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9EBF73",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#80A352",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#657E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A5A35",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#323C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}