#2F341D 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 #2F341D works with other colors. Named schemes with #2F341D 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 #2F341D 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 #2F341D at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #2F341D;
--color-base-rgb: 47 52 29;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(31.3% 0.039 118.7);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #EEF1E5;
--color-200: #DDE2CB;
--color-300: #C2CAA6;
--color-400: #A6B082;
--color-500: #889362;
--color-600: #6B724F;
--color-700: #4E533C;
--color-800: #34372A;
--color-900: #21221B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#EEF1E5',
200: '#DDE2CB',
300: '#C2CAA6',
400: '#A6B082',
500: '#889362',
600: '#6B724F',
700: '#4E533C',
800: '#34372A',
900: '#21221B',
},
}
$base: #2F341D; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #EEF1E5; $base-200: #DDE2CB; $base-300: #C2CAA6; $base-400: #A6B082; $base-500: #889362; $base-600: #6B724F; $base-700: #4E533C; $base-800: #34372A; $base-900: #21221B; $base-hover: #262A18; $base-subtle: #C6CCB1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#2F341D",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEF1E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDE2CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C2CAA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A6B082",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#889362",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B724F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}