#362A26 is a near-black neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too dark to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #362A26 works with other colors. Named schemes with #362A26 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
This palette keeps Bistre as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 #362A26 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 #362A26 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #362A26;
--color-base-rgb: 54 42 38;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(29.7% 0.019 39.3);
--color-50: #F9F7F6;
--color-100: #EEE9E7;
--color-200: #DDD3CF;
--color-300: #C3B2AD;
--color-400: #A7928B;
--color-500: #89736B;
--color-600: #6B5C56;
--color-700: #4E4441;
--color-800: #352E2C;
--color-900: #211D1C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bistre: {
50: '#F9F7F6',
100: '#EEE9E7',
200: '#DDD3CF',
300: '#C3B2AD',
400: '#A7928B',
500: '#89736B',
600: '#6B5C56',
700: '#4E4441',
800: '#352E2C',
900: '#211D1C',
},
}
$base: #362A26; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F7F6; $base-100: #EEE9E7; $base-200: #DDD3CF; $base-300: #C3B2AD; $base-400: #A7928B; $base-500: #89736B; $base-600: #6B5C56; $base-700: #4E4441; $base-800: #352E2C; $base-900: #211D1C; $base-hover: #2B221E; $base-subtle: #C8BCB8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#362A26",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEE9E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDD3CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C3B2AD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A7928B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#89736B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B5C56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E4441",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#352E2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#211D1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}