#142005 is a muted, 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 #142005 works with other colors. Named schemes with #142005 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 #142005 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 #142005 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #142005;
--color-base-rgb: 20 32 5;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(22.5% 0.050 129.5);
--color-50: #F8FDF1;
--color-100: #ECFADB;
--color-200: #D9F4B9;
--color-300: #BCE788;
--color-400: #9FD55D;
--color-500: #81BB3A;
--color-600: #658E33;
--color-700: #4A652A;
--color-800: #32421F;
--color-900: #202815;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F8FDF1',
100: '#ECFADB',
200: '#D9F4B9',
300: '#BCE788',
400: '#9FD55D',
500: '#81BB3A',
600: '#658E33',
700: '#4A652A',
800: '#32421F',
900: '#202815',
},
}
$base: #142005; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FDF1; $base-100: #ECFADB; $base-200: #D9F4B9; $base-300: #BCE788; $base-400: #9FD55D; $base-500: #81BB3A; $base-600: #658E33; $base-700: #4A652A; $base-800: #32421F; $base-900: #202815; $base-hover: #0F1904; $base-subtle: #BCDF90;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#142005",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECFADB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9F4B9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCE788",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9FD55D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#81BB3A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#658E33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A652A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32421F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202815",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}