#072115 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 #072115 works with other colors. Named schemes with #072115 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 #072115 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 #072115 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #072115;
--color-base-rgb: 7 33 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.3% 0.040 160.6);
--color-50: #F2FDF8;
--color-100: #DDF9EC;
--color-200: #BCF1D8;
--color-300: #8EE2BA;
--color-400: #63CF9D;
--color-500: #41B47E;
--color-600: #388964;
--color-700: #2D6249;
--color-800: #214031;
--color-900: #16271F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FDF8',
100: '#DDF9EC',
200: '#BCF1D8',
300: '#8EE2BA',
400: '#63CF9D',
500: '#41B47E',
600: '#388964',
700: '#2D6249',
800: '#214031',
900: '#16271F',
},
}
$base: #072115; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDF8; $base-100: #DDF9EC; $base-200: #BCF1D8; $base-300: #8EE2BA; $base-400: #63CF9D; $base-500: #41B47E; $base-600: #388964; $base-700: #2D6249; $base-800: #214031; $base-900: #16271F; $base-hover: #061B11; $base-subtle: #96DBBB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#072115",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF9EC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BCF1D8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8EE2BA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#63CF9D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#41B47E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#388964",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2D6249",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#214031",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16271F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}