#2A2D13 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 #2A2D13 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2A2D13 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 #2A2D13 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 #2A2D13 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2A2D13;
--color-base-rgb: 42 45 19;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(28.7% 0.043 114.5);
--color-50: #FAFBF4;
--color-100: #F1F3E2;
--color-200: #E3E7C6;
--color-300: #CCD29D;
--color-400: #B3BB77;
--color-500: #969E56;
--color-600: #747A47;
--color-700: #545837;
--color-800: #383A27;
--color-900: #232419;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#FAFBF4',
100: '#F1F3E2',
200: '#E3E7C6',
300: '#CCD29D',
400: '#B3BB77',
500: '#969E56',
600: '#747A47',
700: '#545837',
800: '#383A27',
900: '#232419',
},
}
$base: #2A2D13; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FAFBF4; $base-100: #F1F3E2; $base-200: #E3E7C6; $base-300: #CCD29D; $base-400: #B3BB77; $base-500: #969E56; $base-600: #747A47; $base-700: #545837; $base-800: #383A27; $base-900: #232419; $base-hover: #232510; $base-subtle: #CCD1A8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2A2D13",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E3E7C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CCD29D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B3BB77",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#969E56",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#747A47",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#545837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}