#080700 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #080700 works with other colors. Named schemes with #080700 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Jet Black leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Jet Black plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Jet Black 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.
Jet Black 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.
Jet Black 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 Jet Black carrying the quiet middle.
How #080700 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 #080700 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #080700;
--color-base-rgb: 8 7 0;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(12.6% 0.027 105.2);
--color-50: #FEFDF0;
--color-100: #FDF9D8;
--color-200: #FCF3B1;
--color-300: #F8E977;
--color-400: #ECD846;
--color-500: #D2BE22;
--color-600: #9F9123;
--color-700: #70661F;
--color-800: #484318;
--color-900: #2C2911;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
jet-black: {
50: '#FEFDF0',
100: '#FDF9D8',
200: '#FCF3B1',
300: '#F8E977',
400: '#ECD846',
500: '#D2BE22',
600: '#9F9123',
700: '#70661F',
800: '#484318',
900: '#2C2911',
},
}
$base: #080700; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEFDF0; $base-100: #FDF9D8; $base-200: #FCF3B1; $base-300: #F8E977; $base-400: #ECD846; $base-500: #D2BE22; $base-600: #9F9123; $base-700: #70661F; $base-800: #484318; $base-900: #2C2911; $base-hover: #080700; $base-subtle: #EDE07B;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#080700",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFDF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDF9D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCF3B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F8E977",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ECD846",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#D2BE22",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9F9123",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#70661F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#484318",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2C2911",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}