#1D230B 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 #1D230B works with other colors. Named schemes with #1D230B 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 #1D230B 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 #1D230B at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #1D230B;
--color-base-rgb: 29 35 11;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(24.3% 0.041 121.2);
--color-50: #FAFCF3;
--color-100: #F0F6DF;
--color-200: #E1EBC1;
--color-300: #C8D996;
--color-400: #AFC46E;
--color-500: #91A84D;
--color-600: #718141;
--color-700: #525C32;
--color-800: #373D24;
--color-900: #222618;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FAFCF3',
100: '#F0F6DF',
200: '#E1EBC1',
300: '#C8D996',
400: '#AFC46E',
500: '#91A84D',
600: '#718141',
700: '#525C32',
800: '#373D24',
900: '#222618',
},
}
$base: #1D230B; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFCF3; $base-100: #F0F6DF; $base-200: #E1EBC1; $base-300: #C8D996; $base-400: #AFC46E; $base-500: #91A84D; $base-600: #718141; $base-700: #525C32; $base-800: #373D24; $base-900: #222618; $base-hover: #171C09; $base-subtle: #C7D59E;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#1D230B",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E1EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C8D996",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AFC46E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#91A84D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#718141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#525C32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#222618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}