#2E0918 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 #2E0918 works with other colors. Named schemes with #2E0918 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 #2E0918 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 #2E0918 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2E0918;
--color-base-rgb: 46 9 24;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(21.2% 0.063 359.0);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F9DCE8;
--color-200: #F1BBD1;
--color-300: #E38CAF;
--color-400: #D0628E;
--color-500: #B53F6F;
--color-600: #8B3759;
--color-700: #622C42;
--color-800: #41202D;
--color-900: #28161D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
graphite: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F9DCE8',
200: '#F1BBD1',
300: '#E38CAF',
400: '#D0628E',
500: '#B53F6F',
600: '#8B3759',
700: '#622C42',
800: '#41202D',
900: '#28161D',
},
}
$base: #2E0918; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F9DCE8; $base-200: #F1BBD1; $base-300: #E38CAF; $base-400: #D0628E; $base-500: #B53F6F; $base-600: #8B3759; $base-700: #622C42; $base-800: #41202D; $base-900: #28161D; $base-hover: #250713; $base-subtle: #DE98B4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2E0918",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38CAF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0628E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B53F6F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B3759",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622C42",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#41202D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28161D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}