#2B030C 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 #2B030C works with other colors. Named schemes with #2B030C 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 #2B030C 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 #2B030C at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2B030C;
--color-base-rgb: 43 3 12;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.1% 0.067 11.5);
--color-50: #FEF0F3;
--color-100: #FDD8E0;
--color-200: #FAB3C2;
--color-300: #F07F98;
--color-400: #E15170;
--color-500: #C72E4F;
--color-600: #972B42;
--color-700: #6B2433;
--color-800: #451C25;
--color-900: #2A1318;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FEF0F3',
100: '#FDD8E0',
200: '#FAB3C2',
300: '#F07F98',
400: '#E15170',
500: '#C72E4F',
600: '#972B42',
700: '#6B2433',
800: '#451C25',
900: '#2A1318',
},
}
$base: #2B030C; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F3; $base-100: #FDD8E0; $base-200: #FAB3C2; $base-300: #F07F98; $base-400: #E15170; $base-500: #C72E4F; $base-600: #972B42; $base-700: #6B2433; $base-800: #451C25; $base-900: #2A1318; $base-hover: #220209; $base-subtle: #E78B9F;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2B030C",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3C2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07F98",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E15170",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E4F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B42",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2433",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1318",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}