#092201 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 #092201 works with other colors. Named schemes with #092201 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 #092201 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 #092201 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #092201;
--color-base-rgb: 9 34 1;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.3% 0.066 137.9);
--color-50: #F4FEF0;
--color-100: #E1FDD8;
--color-200: #C3FCB1;
--color-300: #99F47B;
--color-400: #72E74B;
--color-500: #51CD28;
--color-600: #449B26;
--color-700: #346D21;
--color-800: #25471A;
--color-900: #182B12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F4FEF0',
100: '#E1FDD8',
200: '#C3FCB1',
300: '#99F47B',
400: '#72E74B',
500: '#51CD28',
600: '#449B26',
700: '#346D21',
800: '#25471A',
900: '#182B12',
},
}
$base: #092201; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F4FEF0; $base-100: #E1FDD8; $base-200: #C3FCB1; $base-300: #99F47B; $base-400: #72E74B; $base-500: #51CD28; $base-600: #449B26; $base-700: #346D21; $base-800: #25471A; $base-900: #182B12; $base-hover: #081C01; $base-subtle: #9EEB85;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#092201",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3FCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99F47B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#72E74B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#51CD28",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#449B26",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#346D21",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#25471A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182B12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}