#012205 is a deep, temperate teal-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 #012205 works with other colors. Named schemes with #012205 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 #012205 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 #012205 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #012205;
--color-base-rgb: 1 34 5;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.0% 0.066 145.5);
--color-50: #F0FEF2;
--color-100: #D8FDDC;
--color-200: #B1FCB9;
--color-300: #7BF489;
--color-400: #4BE75D;
--color-500: #28CD3B;
--color-600: #269B34;
--color-700: #216D2A;
--color-800: #1A471F;
--color-900: #122B15;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEF2',
100: '#D8FDDC',
200: '#B1FCB9',
300: '#7BF489',
400: '#4BE75D',
500: '#28CD3B',
600: '#269B34',
700: '#216D2A',
800: '#1A471F',
900: '#122B15',
},
}
$base: #012205; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEF2; $base-100: #D8FDDC; $base-200: #B1FCB9; $base-300: #7BF489; $base-400: #4BE75D; $base-500: #28CD3B; $base-600: #269B34; $base-700: #216D2A; $base-800: #1A471F; $base-900: #122B15; $base-hover: #011C04; $base-subtle: #85EB91;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#012205",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDDC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCB9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7BF489",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4BE75D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#28CD3B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269B34",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216D2A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A471F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B15",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}