#262A0F 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 #262A0F works with other colors. Named schemes with #262A0F in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bistre plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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.
Bistre 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 Bistre carrying the quiet middle.
How #262A0F 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 #262A0F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #262A0F;
--color-base-rgb: 38 42 15;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(27.4% 0.044 116.4);
--color-50: #FAFBF3;
--color-100: #F2F5E0;
--color-200: #E4E9C3;
--color-300: #CDD699;
--color-400: #B4C072;
--color-500: #97A451;
--color-600: #757E44;
--color-700: #555A34;
--color-800: #383C25;
--color-900: #232518;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FAFBF3',
100: '#F2F5E0',
200: '#E4E9C3',
300: '#CDD699',
400: '#B4C072',
500: '#97A451',
600: '#757E44',
700: '#555A34',
800: '#383C25',
900: '#232518',
},
}
$base: #262A0F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFBF3; $base-100: #F2F5E0; $base-200: #E4E9C3; $base-300: #CDD699; $base-400: #B4C072; $base-500: #97A451; $base-600: #757E44; $base-700: #555A34; $base-800: #383C25; $base-900: #232518; $base-hover: #1E210C; $base-subtle: #CCD3A3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#262A0F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2F5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4E9C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDD699",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B4C072",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#97A451",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#757E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#555A34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}