#AABDA7 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #AABDA7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #AABDA7 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Laurel Green 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.
Laurel Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Laurel Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Laurel Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Laurel Green 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 Laurel Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #AABDA7 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 #AABDA7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #AABDA7;
--color-base-rgb: 170 189 167;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(77.8% 0.037 141.4);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E8EEE8;
--color-200: #D2DCD1;
--color-300: #B1C1AF;
--color-400: #91A58D;
--color-500: #71876E;
--color-600: #5B6A58;
--color-700: #434D42;
--color-800: #2E342D;
--color-900: #1D201D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
laurel-green: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E8EEE8',
200: '#D2DCD1',
300: '#B1C1AF',
400: '#91A58D',
500: '#71876E',
600: '#5B6A58',
700: '#434D42',
800: '#2E342D',
900: '#1D201D',
},
}
$base: #AABDA7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E8EEE8; $base-200: #D2DCD1; $base-300: #B1C1AF; $base-400: #91A58D; $base-500: #71876E; $base-600: #5B6A58; $base-700: #434D42; $base-800: #2E342D; $base-900: #1D201D; $base-hover: #839F7F; $base-subtle: #E6EAE6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#AABDA7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8EEE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D2DCD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B1C1AF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#91A58D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#71876E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5B6A58",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#434D42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2E342D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D201D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}