#362829 is a near-black neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #362829 works with other colors. Named schemes with #362829 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Bistre is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Bistre.
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 #362829 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 #362829 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #362829;
--color-base-rgb: 54 40 41;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.3% 0.021 13.6);
--color-50: #F9F6F6;
--color-100: #EEE7E8;
--color-200: #DCD0D1;
--color-300: #C1AEAF;
--color-400: #A58D8E;
--color-500: #886D6F;
--color-600: #6A5859;
--color-700: #4D4142;
--color-800: #342D2D;
--color-900: #211D1D;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9F6F6',
100: '#EEE7E8',
200: '#DCD0D1',
300: '#C1AEAF',
400: '#A58D8E',
500: '#886D6F',
600: '#6A5859',
700: '#4D4142',
800: '#342D2D',
900: '#211D1D',
},
}
$base: #362829; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F6F6; $base-100: #EEE7E8; $base-200: #DCD0D1; $base-300: #C1AEAF; $base-400: #A58D8E; $base-500: #886D6F; $base-600: #6A5859; $base-700: #4D4142; $base-800: #342D2D; $base-900: #211D1D; $base-hover: #2A1F20; $base-subtle: #C7B9BA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#362829",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F6F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEE7E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCD0D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1AEAF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A58D8E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#886D6F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A5859",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D4142",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#342D2D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211D1D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}