#032316 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 #032316 works with other colors. Named schemes with #032316 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 #032316 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 #032316 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #032316;
--color-base-rgb: 3 35 22;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.8% 0.046 162.5);
--color-50: #F0FEF9;
--color-100: #D8FDEE;
--color-200: #B4F8DD;
--color-300: #81EEC2;
--color-400: #53DFA7;
--color-500: #30C489;
--color-600: #2D956B;
--color-700: #25694E;
--color-800: #1C4534;
--color-900: #132A21;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F0FEF9',
100: '#D8FDEE',
200: '#B4F8DD',
300: '#81EEC2',
400: '#53DFA7',
500: '#30C489',
600: '#2D956B',
700: '#25694E',
800: '#1C4534',
900: '#132A21',
},
}
$base: #032316; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F0FEF9; $base-100: #D8FDEE; $base-200: #B4F8DD; $base-300: #81EEC2; $base-400: #53DFA7; $base-500: #30C489; $base-600: #2D956B; $base-700: #25694E; $base-800: #1C4534; $base-900: #132A21; $base-hover: #021A11; $base-subtle: #8AE5C1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#032316",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDEE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B4F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#81EEC2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#53DFA7",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#30C489",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2D956B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#25694E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1C4534",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132A21",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}