#072013 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 #072013 works with other colors. Named schemes with #072013 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 #072013 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 #072013 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #072013;
--color-base-rgb: 7 32 19;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(21.9% 0.041 157.9);
--color-50: #F2FDF7;
--color-100: #DDF8EA;
--color-200: #BCF0D5;
--color-300: #8EE1B6;
--color-400: #64CE97;
--color-500: #42B379;
--color-600: #398960;
--color-700: #2E6147;
--color-800: #214030;
--color-900: #16271E;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FDF7',
100: '#DDF8EA',
200: '#BCF0D5',
300: '#8EE1B6',
400: '#64CE97',
500: '#42B379',
600: '#398960',
700: '#2E6147',
800: '#214030',
900: '#16271E',
},
}
$base: #072013; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDF7; $base-100: #DDF8EA; $base-200: #BCF0D5; $base-300: #8EE1B6; $base-400: #64CE97; $base-500: #42B379; $base-600: #398960; $base-700: #2E6147; $base-800: #214030; $base-900: #16271E; $base-hover: #061B10; $base-subtle: #96DBB7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#072013",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BCF0D5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8EE1B6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#64CE97",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#42B379",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#398960",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2E6147",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#214030",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16271E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}