#082920 is a muted, temperate teal. 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 #082920 works with other colors. Named schemes with #082920 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Graphite opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Graphite keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 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 #082920 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 #082920 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #082920;
--color-base-rgb: 8 41 32;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(25.4% 0.042 171.5);
--color-50: #F2FDFA;
--color-100: #DCF9F1;
--color-200: #BBF1E3;
--color-300: #8CE3CC;
--color-400: #62D0B3;
--color-500: #3FB596;
--color-600: #378B74;
--color-700: #2C6254;
--color-800: #204138;
--color-900: #162823;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FDFA',
100: '#DCF9F1',
200: '#BBF1E3',
300: '#8CE3CC',
400: '#62D0B3',
500: '#3FB596',
600: '#378B74',
700: '#2C6254',
800: '#204138',
900: '#162823',
},
}
$base: #082920; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FDFA; $base-100: #DCF9F1; $base-200: #BBF1E3; $base-300: #8CE3CC; $base-400: #62D0B3; $base-500: #3FB596; $base-600: #378B74; $base-700: #2C6254; $base-800: #204138; $base-900: #162823; $base-hover: #07221B; $base-subtle: #97DDCB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#082920",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9F1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF1E3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8CE3CC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#62D0B3",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3FB596",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#378B74",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2C6254",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#204138",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162823",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}