#181D02 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 #181D02 works with other colors. Named schemes with #181D02 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 #181D02 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 #181D02 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #181D02;
--color-base-rgb: 24 29 2;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(21.8% 0.047 118.8);
--color-50: #FCFEF0;
--color-100: #F6FDD8;
--color-200: #EDFAB3;
--color-300: #DBF07F;
--color-400: #C7E151;
--color-500: #ABC72E;
--color-600: #83972B;
--color-700: #5E6B24;
--color-800: #3E451C;
--color-900: #262A13;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FCFEF0',
100: '#F6FDD8',
200: '#EDFAB3',
300: '#DBF07F',
400: '#C7E151',
500: '#ABC72E',
600: '#83972B',
700: '#5E6B24',
800: '#3E451C',
900: '#262A13',
},
}
$base: #181D02; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FCFEF0; $base-100: #F6FDD8; $base-200: #EDFAB3; $base-300: #DBF07F; $base-400: #C7E151; $base-500: #ABC72E; $base-600: #83972B; $base-700: #5E6B24; $base-800: #3E451C; $base-900: #262A13; $base-hover: #131702; $base-subtle: #D5E788;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#181D02",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDFAB3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DBF07F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C7E151",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#ABC72E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#83972B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E6B24",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E451C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}