#1E2208 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 #1E2208 works with other colors. Named schemes with #1E2208 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 #1E2208 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 #1E2208 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #1E2208;
--color-base-rgb: 30 34 8;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(24.1% 0.043 117.1);
--color-50: #FBFDF2;
--color-100: #F4F8DD;
--color-200: #E8EFBD;
--color-300: #D4E090;
--color-400: #BDCC66;
--color-500: #A1B144;
--color-600: #7C873A;
--color-700: #59602E;
--color-800: #3B3F22;
--color-900: #242716;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FBFDF2',
100: '#F4F8DD',
200: '#E8EFBD',
300: '#D4E090',
400: '#BDCC66',
500: '#A1B144',
600: '#7C873A',
700: '#59602E',
800: '#3B3F22',
900: '#242716',
},
}
$base: #1E2208; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FBFDF2; $base-100: #F4F8DD; $base-200: #E8EFBD; $base-300: #D4E090; $base-400: #BDCC66; $base-500: #A1B144; $base-600: #7C873A; $base-700: #59602E; $base-800: #3B3F22; $base-900: #242716; $base-hover: #171A06; $base-subtle: #D0DA97;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#1E2208",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8EFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4E090",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BDCC66",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A1B144",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C873A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#59602E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}