#243316 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 #243316 works with other colors. Named schemes with #243316 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sacramento Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sacramento Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Sacramento Green 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.
Sacramento Green 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.
Sacramento Green 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 Sacramento Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #243316 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 #243316 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #243316;
--color-base-rgb: 36 51 22;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.9% 0.052 131.4);
--color-50: #F7FBF4;
--color-100: #EAF3E2;
--color-200: #D6E6C6;
--color-300: #B7D19E;
--color-400: #98BA78;
--color-500: #799E57;
--color-600: #607A48;
--color-700: #475837;
--color-800: #303A27;
--color-900: #1E2419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sacramento-green: {
50: '#F7FBF4',
100: '#EAF3E2',
200: '#D6E6C6',
300: '#B7D19E',
400: '#98BA78',
500: '#799E57',
600: '#607A48',
700: '#475837',
800: '#303A27',
900: '#1E2419',
},
}
$base: #243316; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F7FBF4; $base-100: #EAF3E2; $base-200: #D6E6C6; $base-300: #B7D19E; $base-400: #98BA78; $base-500: #799E57; $base-600: #607A48; $base-700: #475837; $base-800: #303A27; $base-900: #1E2419; $base-hover: #1C2811; $base-subtle: #BDD1A9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#243316",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D6E6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B7D19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#98BA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#799E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#607A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#475837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}