#0E0502 is a near-black neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #0E0502 works with other colors. Named schemes with #0E0502 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Jet Black plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Jet Black as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Jet Black 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.
Jet Black 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.
Jet Black 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 Jet Black carrying the quiet middle.
How #0E0502 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 #0E0502 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #0E0502;
--color-base-rgb: 14 5 2;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(12.9% 0.022 49.6);
--color-50: #FEF4F1;
--color-100: #FBE3DA;
--color-200: #F5C7B8;
--color-300: #E89F87;
--color-400: #D77A5B;
--color-500: #BC5938;
--color-600: #904A32;
--color-700: #663829;
--color-800: #42271E;
--color-900: #291A14;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
jet-black: {
50: '#FEF4F1',
100: '#FBE3DA',
200: '#F5C7B8',
300: '#E89F87',
400: '#D77A5B',
500: '#BC5938',
600: '#904A32',
700: '#663829',
800: '#42271E',
900: '#291A14',
},
}
$base: #0E0502; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF4F1; $base-100: #FBE3DA; $base-200: #F5C7B8; $base-300: #E89F87; $base-400: #D77A5B; $base-500: #BC5938; $base-600: #904A32; $base-700: #663829; $base-800: #42271E; $base-900: #291A14; $base-hover: #0B0402; $base-subtle: #DFA08A;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#0E0502",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF4F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE3DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5C7B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E89F87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D77A5B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC5938",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#904A32",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#663829",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42271E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291A14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}