#243829 is a muted, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too muted to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #243829 works with other colors. Named schemes with #243829 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bottle Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bottle 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.
Bottle 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.
Bottle 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.
Bottle 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 Bottle Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #243829 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 #243829 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #243829;
--color-base-rgb: 36 56 41;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(31.9% 0.037 151.7);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E6EFE8;
--color-200: #CDDFD2;
--color-300: #A9C6B1;
--color-400: #87AB90;
--color-500: #678E71;
--color-600: #536F5A;
--color-700: #3F5043;
--color-800: #2B362E;
--color-900: #1C221D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bottle-green: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E6EFE8',
200: '#CDDFD2',
300: '#A9C6B1',
400: '#87AB90',
500: '#678E71',
600: '#536F5A',
700: '#3F5043',
800: '#2B362E',
900: '#1C221D',
},
}
$base: #243829; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E6EFE8; $base-200: #CDDFD2; $base-300: #A9C6B1; $base-400: #87AB90; $base-500: #678E71; $base-600: #536F5A; $base-700: #3F5043; $base-800: #2B362E; $base-900: #1C221D; $base-hover: #1D2D21; $base-subtle: #B6CBBB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#243829",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6EFE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDDFD2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A9C6B1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#87AB90",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#678E71",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#536F5A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3F5043",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B362E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C221D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}