#2F321B is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It is too muted to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #2F321B works with other colors. Named schemes with #2F321B 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 #2F321B 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 #2F321B at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2F321B;
--color-base-rgb: 47 50 27;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(30.7% 0.038 114.8);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #EFF1E4;
--color-200: #DFE2CA;
--color-300: #C6CBA4;
--color-400: #ABB280;
--color-500: #8E9560;
--color-600: #6F744E;
--color-700: #50543B;
--color-800: #363829;
--color-900: #22231B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#EFF1E4',
200: '#DFE2CA',
300: '#C6CBA4',
400: '#ABB280',
500: '#8E9560',
600: '#6F744E',
700: '#50543B',
800: '#363829',
900: '#22231B',
},
}
$base: #2F321B; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #EFF1E4; $base-200: #DFE2CA; $base-300: #C6CBA4; $base-400: #ABB280; $base-500: #8E9560; $base-600: #6F744E; $base-700: #50543B; $base-800: #363829; $base-900: #22231B; $base-hover: #252815; $base-subtle: #C9CDAF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2F321B",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF1E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFE2CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C6CBA4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ABB280",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8E9560",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6F744E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#50543B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#22231B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}