#08210B is a muted, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #08210B works with other colors. Named schemes with #08210B 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 #08210B 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 #08210B at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #08210B;
--color-base-rgb: 8 33 11;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.1% 0.052 145.9);
--color-50: #F2FCF3;
--color-100: #DDF8E1;
--color-200: #BDEFC3;
--color-300: #90DF99;
--color-400: #67CB72;
--color-500: #45B051;
--color-600: #3B8744;
--color-700: #2F6035;
--color-800: #223F25;
--color-900: #162718;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FCF3',
100: '#DDF8E1',
200: '#BDEFC3',
300: '#90DF99',
400: '#67CB72',
500: '#45B051',
600: '#3B8744',
700: '#2F6035',
800: '#223F25',
900: '#162718',
},
}
$base: #08210B; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FCF3; $base-100: #DDF8E1; $base-200: #BDEFC3; $base-300: #90DF99; $base-400: #67CB72; $base-500: #45B051; $base-600: #3B8744; $base-700: #2F6035; $base-800: #223F25; $base-900: #162718; $base-hover: #061A09; $base-subtle: #98D9A0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#08210B",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BDEFC3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#90DF99",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#67CB72",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#45B051",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3B8744",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2F6035",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#223F25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162718",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}