#032012 is a muted, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #032012 works with other colors. Named schemes with #032012 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 #032012 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 #032012 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #032012;
--color-base-rgb: 3 32 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(21.7% 0.045 159.0);
--color-50: #F0FEF8;
--color-100: #D9FDEB;
--color-200: #B4F8D7;
--color-300: #82EDB9;
--color-400: #54DE9B;
--color-500: #31C37D;
--color-600: #2D9563;
--color-700: #266949;
--color-800: #1C4431;
--color-900: #132A1F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEF8',
100: '#D9FDEB',
200: '#B4F8D7',
300: '#82EDB9',
400: '#54DE9B',
500: '#31C37D',
600: '#2D9563',
700: '#266949',
800: '#1C4431',
900: '#132A1F',
},
}
$base: #032012; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEF8; $base-100: #D9FDEB; $base-200: #B4F8D7; $base-300: #82EDB9; $base-400: #54DE9B; $base-500: #31C37D; $base-600: #2D9563; $base-700: #266949; $base-800: #1C4431; $base-900: #132A1F; $base-hover: #021A0F; $base-subtle: #8BE5B9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#032012",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D9FDEB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B4F8D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#82EDB9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#54DE9B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#31C37D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2D9563",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#266949",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1C4431",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132A1F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}