#01201D is a muted, temperate cyan. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #01201D works with other colors. Named schemes with #01201D in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Graphite opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Graphite keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Graphite plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Graphite carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Graphite 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 Graphite carrying the quiet middle.
How #01201D 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 #01201D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #01201D;
--color-base-rgb: 1 32 29;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.0% 0.037 185.8);
--color-50: #F0FEFD;
--color-100: #D8FDFA;
--color-200: #B1FCF4;
--color-300: #7BF4E8;
--color-400: #4BE7D7;
--color-500: #28CDBD;
--color-600: #269B90;
--color-700: #216D66;
--color-800: #1A4743;
--color-900: #122B29;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEFD',
100: '#D8FDFA',
200: '#B1FCF4',
300: '#7BF4E8',
400: '#4BE7D7',
500: '#28CDBD',
600: '#269B90',
700: '#216D66',
800: '#1A4743',
900: '#122B29',
},
}
$base: #01201D; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEFD; $base-100: #D8FDFA; $base-200: #B1FCF4; $base-300: #7BF4E8; $base-400: #4BE7D7; $base-500: #28CDBD; $base-600: #269B90; $base-700: #216D66; $base-800: #1A4743; $base-900: #122B29; $base-hover: #011815; $base-subtle: #84EAE0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#01201D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEFD",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDFA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCF4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7BF4E8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4BE7D7",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#28CDBD",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269B90",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216D66",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A4743",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B29",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}