#092010 is a muted, temperate teal-green. 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 #092010 works with other colors. Named schemes with #092010 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 #092010 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 #092010 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #092010;
--color-base-rgb: 9 32 16;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.0% 0.043 151.3);
--color-50: #F3FCF5;
--color-100: #DFF7E6;
--color-200: #BFEDCD;
--color-300: #93DCA9;
--color-400: #6BC786;
--color-500: #49AC67;
--color-600: #3E8453;
--color-700: #315E3E;
--color-800: #233E2B;
--color-900: #17261C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F3FCF5',
100: '#DFF7E6',
200: '#BFEDCD',
300: '#93DCA9',
400: '#6BC786',
500: '#49AC67',
600: '#3E8453',
700: '#315E3E',
800: '#233E2B',
900: '#17261C',
},
}
$base: #092010; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F3FCF5; $base-100: #DFF7E6; $base-200: #BFEDCD; $base-300: #93DCA9; $base-400: #6BC786; $base-500: #49AC67; $base-600: #3E8453; $base-700: #315E3E; $base-800: #233E2B; $base-900: #17261C; $base-hover: #07190D; $base-subtle: #9BD7AD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#092010",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF7E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEDCD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#93DCA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6BC786",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#49AC67",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3E8453",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#315E3E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E2B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#17261C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}