#102405 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 #102405 works with other colors. Named schemes with #102405 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 #102405 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 #102405 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #102405;
--color-base-rgb: 16 36 5;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.5% 0.059 136.0);
--color-50: #F5FEF1;
--color-100: #E6FBDA;
--color-200: #CDF5B7;
--color-300: #A9E987;
--color-400: #86D85A;
--color-500: #66BD37;
--color-600: #539032;
--color-700: #3E6629;
--color-800: #2B431E;
--color-900: #1C2914;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F5FEF1',
100: '#E6FBDA',
200: '#CDF5B7',
300: '#A9E987',
400: '#86D85A',
500: '#66BD37',
600: '#539032',
700: '#3E6629',
800: '#2B431E',
900: '#1C2914',
},
}
$base: #102405; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F5FEF1; $base-100: #E6FBDA; $base-200: #CDF5B7; $base-300: #A9E987; $base-400: #86D85A; $base-500: #66BD37; $base-600: #539032; $base-700: #3E6629; $base-800: #2B431E; $base-900: #1C2914; $base-hover: #0D1D04; $base-subtle: #ACE190;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#102405",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6FBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDF5B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A9E987",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#86D85A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#66BD37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#539032",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E6629",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C2914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}