#2C0211 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 #2C0211 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2C0211 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 #2C0211 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 #2C0211 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2C0211;
--color-base-rgb: 44 2 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.3% 0.072 3.5);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E5;
--color-200: #FBB1CB;
--color-300: #F27DA6;
--color-400: #E44E82;
--color-500: #CB2A62;
--color-600: #9A2850;
--color-700: #6C233C;
--color-800: #461B2A;
--color-900: #2B121B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E5',
200: '#FBB1CB',
300: '#F27DA6',
400: '#E44E82',
500: '#CB2A62',
600: '#9A2850',
700: '#6C233C',
800: '#461B2A',
900: '#2B121B',
},
}
$base: #2C0211; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E5; $base-200: #FBB1CB; $base-300: #F27DA6; $base-400: #E44E82; $base-500: #CB2A62; $base-600: #9A2850; $base-700: #6C233C; $base-800: #461B2A; $base-900: #2B121B; $base-hover: #23020D; $base-subtle: #EA89AB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2C0211",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBB1CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F27DA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E44E82",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB2A62",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A2850",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C233C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B2A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}