#041F1F is a muted, temperate cyan. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #041F1F works with other colors. Named schemes with #041F1F in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Graphite opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Graphite keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 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 #041F1F 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 #041F1F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #041F1F;
--color-base-rgb: 4 31 31;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(21.9% 0.033 195.0);
--color-50: #F1FEFE;
--color-100: #DAFBFB;
--color-200: #B7F5F5;
--color-300: #86E9E9;
--color-400: #59D9D9;
--color-500: #37BEBE;
--color-600: #319191;
--color-700: #286666;
--color-800: #1E4343;
--color-900: #142929;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F1FEFE',
100: '#DAFBFB',
200: '#B7F5F5',
300: '#86E9E9',
400: '#59D9D9',
500: '#37BEBE',
600: '#319191',
700: '#286666',
800: '#1E4343',
900: '#142929',
},
}
$base: #041F1F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F1FEFE; $base-100: #DAFBFB; $base-200: #B7F5F5; $base-300: #86E9E9; $base-400: #59D9D9; $base-500: #37BEBE; $base-600: #319191; $base-700: #286666; $base-800: #1E4343; $base-900: #142929; $base-hover: #031919; $base-subtle: #8EE1E1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#041F1F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEFE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DAFBFB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B7F5F5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#86E9E9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#59D9D9",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#37BEBE",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#319191",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#286666",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1E4343",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#142929",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}