#082209 is a deep, temperate 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 #082209 works with other colors. Named schemes with #082209 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 #082209 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 #082209 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #082209;
--color-base-rgb: 8 34 9;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.4% 0.056 144.1);
--color-50: #F2FDF2;
--color-100: #DDF8DE;
--color-200: #BDEFBF;
--color-300: #90E092;
--color-400: #66CC69;
--color-500: #44B147;
--color-600: #3A873D;
--color-700: #2E6030;
--color-800: #223F23;
--color-900: #162717;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FDF2',
100: '#DDF8DE',
200: '#BDEFBF',
300: '#90E092',
400: '#66CC69',
500: '#44B147',
600: '#3A873D',
700: '#2E6030',
800: '#223F23',
900: '#162717',
},
}
$base: #082209; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDF2; $base-100: #DDF8DE; $base-200: #BDEFBF; $base-300: #90E092; $base-400: #66CC69; $base-500: #44B147; $base-600: #3A873D; $base-700: #2E6030; $base-800: #223F23; $base-900: #162717; $base-hover: #061A07; $base-subtle: #97DA9A;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#082209",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BDEFBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#90E092",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#66CC69",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#44B147",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3A873D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2E6030",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#223F23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162717",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}