#012204 is a deep, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #012204 works with other colors. Named schemes with #012204 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Graphite leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 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.
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 #012204 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 #012204 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #012204;
--color-base-rgb: 1 34 4;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.0% 0.067 144.8);
--color-50: #F0FEF1;
--color-100: #D8FDDB;
--color-200: #B1FCB7;
--color-300: #7BF485;
--color-400: #4BE758;
--color-500: #28CD35;
--color-600: #269B30;
--color-700: #216D28;
--color-800: #1A471E;
--color-900: #122B14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEF1',
100: '#D8FDDB',
200: '#B1FCB7',
300: '#7BF485',
400: '#4BE758',
500: '#28CD35',
600: '#269B30',
700: '#216D28',
800: '#1A471E',
900: '#122B14',
},
}
$base: #012204; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEF1; $base-100: #D8FDDB; $base-200: #B1FCB7; $base-300: #7BF485; $base-400: #4BE758; $base-500: #28CD35; $base-600: #269B30; $base-700: #216D28; $base-800: #1A471E; $base-900: #122B14; $base-hover: #011C03; $base-subtle: #85EB8E;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#012204",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCB7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7BF485",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4BE758",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#28CD35",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269B30",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216D28",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A471E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}