Untitled 1C312C
Untitled 1C312C (#1C312C) is a near-black, gently muted shade of teal. In paint terms it sits in the balanced family with HSL values of 166°, 27%, 15%, which means it behaves predictably in interiors — a quiet violet shift at dusk — without going chalky or muddy when the wall is large.
The closest commercially available paint matches are Sherwin-Williams Night Watch (SW 9680, #303636); Benjamin Moore Essex Green (HC-188, #27362E); Behr Newburg Green (PPU12-19, #1F4146). These are the nearest swatches by Lab-color distance — your local paint counter can custom-mix the exact hex if none of them are close enough.
On four walls in a typical living room, Untitled 1C312C reads as a confident, near-black color rather than a background. It holds its character at scale, so test a 24×24 inch board on the wall before committing — a step covered in our paint-sampling checklist — because the chip in your hand will always look slightly different from the same color spread across forty square feet.
Pair Untitled 1C312C with soft greiges, raw wood tones, and unpolished brass hardware for a layered, lived-in look. If you prefer something cleaner and more contemporary, drop the wood and let it sit against bright whites and matte black fixtures — there is a side-by-side reference of warm vs. cool styling that walks through both directions.
When using this color on cabinetry, request a pre-catalyzed lacquer or a urethane-modified alkyd; standard wall paint will not hold up to daily door pulls.
A short way to remember Untitled 1C312C: quiet at first, surprising on the second look. That single sentence is usually enough to decide whether to pin it to your moodboard or move on to the next swatch.
Where Untitled 1C312C tends to fail is in rooms it was never asked about. A teal designed for a calm bedroom can read sluggish in a kitchen with bright daylight pouring through a sliding door, and a color that anchors a moody dining room can disappear in a long, north-facing hallway. The fix is rarely to abandon the color — it is to use it on a smaller surface, or to lift the lightness by a single step. Both adjustments are inexpensive once you understand what the color is doing.