#112412 is a muted, temperate teal-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 #112412 works with other colors. Named schemes with #112412 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 #112412 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 #112412 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #112412;
--color-base-rgb: 17 36 18;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.8% 0.042 145.3);
--color-50: #F4FAF5;
--color-100: #E3F2E4;
--color-200: #C8E5C9;
--color-300: #A0CFA3;
--color-400: #7BB77E;
--color-500: #5B9A5E;
--color-600: #4A774D;
--color-700: #39563A;
--color-800: #283929;
--color-900: #1A231A;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F4FAF5',
100: '#E3F2E4',
200: '#C8E5C9',
300: '#A0CFA3',
400: '#7BB77E',
500: '#5B9A5E',
600: '#4A774D',
700: '#39563A',
800: '#283929',
900: '#1A231A',
},
}
$base: #112412; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F4FAF5; $base-100: #E3F2E4; $base-200: #C8E5C9; $base-300: #A0CFA3; $base-400: #7BB77E; $base-500: #5B9A5E; $base-600: #4A774D; $base-700: #39563A; $base-800: #283929; $base-900: #1A231A; $base-hover: #0D1C0E; $base-subtle: #A7CDA9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#112412",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E5C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A0CFA3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7BB77E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5B9A5E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4A774D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#39563A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283929",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}