#08190A is a muted, temperate teal-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 #08190A works with other colors. Named schemes with #08190A 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 #08190A 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 #08190A at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #08190A;
--color-base-rgb: 8 25 10;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.3% 0.038 146.6);
--color-50: #F3FCF4;
--color-100: #DFF6E2;
--color-200: #C1EBC6;
--color-300: #96D99E;
--color-400: #6EC478;
--color-500: #4DA857;
--color-600: #418148;
--color-700: #325C37;
--color-800: #243D27;
--color-900: #182619;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F3FCF4',
100: '#DFF6E2',
200: '#C1EBC6',
300: '#96D99E',
400: '#6EC478',
500: '#4DA857',
600: '#418148',
700: '#325C37',
800: '#243D27',
900: '#182619',
},
}
$base: #08190A; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F3FCF4; $base-100: #DFF6E2; $base-200: #C1EBC6; $base-300: #96D99E; $base-400: #6EC478; $base-500: #4DA857; $base-600: #418148; $base-700: #325C37; $base-800: #243D27; $base-900: #182619; $base-hover: #061307; $base-subtle: #9BD4A1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#08190A",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF6E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C1EBC6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#96D99E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6EC478",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#4DA857",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#418148",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#325C37",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#243D27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182619",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}