#092220 is a muted, temperate cyan. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #092220 works with other colors. Named schemes with #092220 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 #092220 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 #092220 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #092220;
--color-base-rgb: 9 34 32;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.2% 0.031 188.1);
--color-50: #F2FCFB;
--color-100: #DEF7F5;
--color-200: #BFEEEA;
--color-300: #92DDD7;
--color-400: #69C9C1;
--color-500: #47ADA5;
--color-600: #3D857F;
--color-700: #305F5B;
--color-800: #233E3C;
--color-900: #172625;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F2FCFB',
100: '#DEF7F5',
200: '#BFEEEA',
300: '#92DDD7',
400: '#69C9C1',
500: '#47ADA5',
600: '#3D857F',
700: '#305F5B',
800: '#233E3C',
900: '#172625',
},
}
$base: #092220; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F2FCFB; $base-100: #DEF7F5; $base-200: #BFEEEA; $base-300: #92DDD7; $base-400: #69C9C1; $base-500: #47ADA5; $base-600: #3D857F; $base-700: #305F5B; $base-800: #233E3C; $base-900: #172625; $base-hover: #071A18; $base-subtle: #9AD8D2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#092220",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FCFB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DEF7F5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEEEA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#92DDD7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#69C9C1",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#47ADA5",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3D857F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#305F5B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E3C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#172625",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}