#072315 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 #072315 works with other colors. Named schemes with #072315 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 #072315 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 #072315 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #072315;
--color-base-rgb: 7 35 21;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.0% 0.044 158.4);
--color-50: #F2FDF7;
--color-100: #DCF9EB;
--color-200: #BBF1D6;
--color-300: #8CE3B8;
--color-400: #62D099;
--color-500: #3FB57A;
--color-600: #378B61;
--color-700: #2C6247;
--color-800: #204130;
--color-900: #16281F;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FDF7',
100: '#DCF9EB',
200: '#BBF1D6',
300: '#8CE3B8',
400: '#62D099',
500: '#3FB57A',
600: '#378B61',
700: '#2C6247',
800: '#204130',
900: '#16281F',
},
}
$base: #072315; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDF7; $base-100: #DCF9EB; $base-200: #BBF1D6; $base-300: #8CE3B8; $base-400: #62D099; $base-500: #3FB57A; $base-600: #378B61; $base-700: #2C6247; $base-800: #204130; $base-900: #16281F; $base-hover: #051B10; $base-subtle: #95DCB9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#072315",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF1D6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8CE3B8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#62D099",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3FB57A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#378B61",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2C6247",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#204130",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16281F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}