#2D0313 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 #2D0313 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2D0313 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 #2D0313 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 #2D0313 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2D0313;
--color-base-rgb: 45 3 19;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(19.8% 0.071 2.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F6;
--color-100: #FDD8E6;
--color-200: #FAB2CE;
--color-300: #F07FAA;
--color-400: #E25088;
--color-500: #C82D68;
--color-600: #982A54;
--color-700: #6B243F;
--color-800: #461B2C;
--color-900: #2B131C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FEF0F6',
100: '#FDD8E6',
200: '#FAB2CE',
300: '#F07FAA',
400: '#E25088',
500: '#C82D68',
600: '#982A54',
700: '#6B243F',
800: '#461B2C',
900: '#2B131C',
},
}
$base: #2D0313; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF0F6; $base-100: #FDD8E6; $base-200: #FAB2CE; $base-300: #F07FAA; $base-400: #E25088; $base-500: #C82D68; $base-600: #982A54; $base-700: #6B243F; $base-800: #461B2C; $base-900: #2B131C; $base-hover: #23020F; $base-subtle: #E88BAF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2D0313",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB2CE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07FAA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E25088",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C82D68",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#982A54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B243F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B131C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}