#032116 is a muted, temperate teal. 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 #032116 works with other colors. Named schemes with #032116 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Graphite.
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 #032116 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 #032116 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #032116;
--color-base-rgb: 3 33 22;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.1% 0.042 165.2);
--color-50: #F0FEF9;
--color-100: #D9FDEF;
--color-200: #B4F8DF;
--color-300: #82EDC6;
--color-400: #54DEAB;
--color-500: #31C38E;
--color-600: #2D956F;
--color-700: #266950;
--color-800: #1C4436;
--color-900: #132A22;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEF9',
100: '#D9FDEF',
200: '#B4F8DF',
300: '#82EDC6',
400: '#54DEAB',
500: '#31C38E',
600: '#2D956F',
700: '#266950',
800: '#1C4436',
900: '#132A22',
},
}
$base: #032116; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEF9; $base-100: #D9FDEF; $base-200: #B4F8DF; $base-300: #82EDC6; $base-400: #54DEAB; $base-500: #31C38E; $base-600: #2D956F; $base-700: #266950; $base-800: #1C4436; $base-900: #132A22; $base-hover: #021A11; $base-subtle: #8BE5C4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#032116",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D9FDEF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B4F8DF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#82EDC6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#54DEAB",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#31C38E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2D956F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#266950",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1C4436",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132A22",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}