#092011 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 #092011 works with other colors. Named schemes with #092011 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 #092011 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 #092011 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #092011;
--color-base-rgb: 9 32 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.0% 0.041 152.9);
--color-50: #F3FCF6;
--color-100: #DFF7E7;
--color-200: #BFEDCF;
--color-300: #93DCAD;
--color-400: #6BC78B;
--color-500: #49AC6C;
--color-600: #3E8456;
--color-700: #315E41;
--color-800: #233E2C;
--color-900: #17261C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F3FCF6',
100: '#DFF7E7',
200: '#BFEDCF',
300: '#93DCAD',
400: '#6BC78B',
500: '#49AC6C',
600: '#3E8456',
700: '#315E41',
800: '#233E2C',
900: '#17261C',
},
}
$base: #092011; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F3FCF6; $base-100: #DFF7E7; $base-200: #BFEDCF; $base-300: #93DCAD; $base-400: #6BC78B; $base-500: #49AC6C; $base-600: #3E8456; $base-700: #315E41; $base-800: #233E2C; $base-900: #17261C; $base-hover: #07190E; $base-subtle: #9BD7B0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#092011",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF7E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEDCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#93DCAD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6BC78B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#49AC6C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3E8456",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#315E41",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#17261C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}