#152303 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 #152303 works with other colors. Named schemes with #152303 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 #152303 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 #152303 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #152303;
--color-base-rgb: 21 35 3;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(23.5% 0.057 129.7);
--color-50: #F8FEF0;
--color-100: #EDFDD8;
--color-200: #DBF8B4;
--color-300: #BFEE81;
--color-400: #A2DF53;
--color-500: #84C430;
--color-600: #68952D;
--color-700: #4C6925;
--color-800: #33451C;
--color-900: #202A13;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#F8FEF0',
100: '#EDFDD8',
200: '#DBF8B4',
300: '#BFEE81',
400: '#A2DF53',
500: '#84C430',
600: '#68952D',
700: '#4C6925',
800: '#33451C',
900: '#202A13',
},
}
$base: #152303; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8FEF0; $base-100: #EDFDD8; $base-200: #DBF8B4; $base-300: #BFEE81; $base-400: #A2DF53; $base-500: #84C430; $base-600: #68952D; $base-700: #4C6925; $base-800: #33451C; $base-900: #202A13; $base-hover: #101A02; $base-subtle: #BEE58A;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#152303",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDFDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBF8B4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BFEE81",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A2DF53",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#84C430",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#68952D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4C6925",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#33451C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}