#141801 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #141801 works with other colors. Named schemes with #141801 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 #141801 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 #141801 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #141801;
--color-base-rgb: 20 24 1;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.8% 0.044 117.8);
--color-50: #FCFEF0;
--color-100: #F7FDD8;
--color-200: #EFFCB1;
--color-300: #DFF37C;
--color-400: #CCE54D;
--color-500: #B0CB29;
--color-600: #879A28;
--color-700: #606D22;
--color-800: #3F471A;
--color-900: #272B12;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FCFEF0',
100: '#F7FDD8',
200: '#EFFCB1',
300: '#DFF37C',
400: '#CCE54D',
500: '#B0CB29',
600: '#879A28',
700: '#606D22',
800: '#3F471A',
900: '#272B12',
},
}
$base: #141801; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFEF0; $base-100: #F7FDD8; $base-200: #EFFCB1; $base-300: #DFF37C; $base-400: #CCE54D; $base-500: #B0CB29; $base-600: #879A28; $base-700: #606D22; $base-800: #3F471A; $base-900: #272B12; $base-hover: #101401; $base-subtle: #D8E984;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#141801",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F7FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFFCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DFF37C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CCE54D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B0CB29",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#879A28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#606D22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F471A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#272B12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}