#2A070F is a deep, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #2A070F works with other colors. Named schemes with #2A070F in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
This palette keeps Graphite as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 #2A070F 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 #2A070F at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2A070F;
--color-base-rgb: 42 7 15;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.7% 0.059 10.3);
--color-50: #FDF1F4;
--color-100: #FADBE2;
--color-200: #F3B9C7;
--color-300: #E58A9F;
--color-400: #D45E7A;
--color-500: #B93C59;
--color-600: #8D3549;
--color-700: #642B38;
--color-800: #421F27;
--color-900: #281519;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FDF1F4',
100: '#FADBE2',
200: '#F3B9C7',
300: '#E58A9F',
400: '#D45E7A',
500: '#B93C59',
600: '#8D3549',
700: '#642B38',
800: '#421F27',
900: '#281519',
},
}
$base: #2A070F; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF1F4; $base-100: #FADBE2; $base-200: #F3B9C7; $base-300: #E58A9F; $base-400: #D45E7A; $base-500: #B93C59; $base-600: #8D3549; $base-700: #642B38; $base-800: #421F27; $base-900: #281519; $base-hover: #23060D; $base-subtle: #DF95A6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2A070F",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBE2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3B9C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E58A9F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D45E7A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B93C59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8D3549",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642B38",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}