#010201

Closest named color: Almost Black (#070D0D). oklch(7.9% 0.01 144.6), rgb(1, 2, 1).

White text reads best on this color (20.78:1).

About this color

#010201 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 8%, its chroma 0.010. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Almost Black (#070D0D), ΔE 0.073 away. White text reads best on it, at 20.78:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (8%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.010)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Almost Black (#070D0D)
Black text	1.01:1
White text	20.78:1

Values

HEX	#010201
RGB	rgb(1, 2, 1)
HSL	hsl(120, 33%, 1%)
OKLCH	oklch(7.9% 0.01 144.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #010201	20.78:1	AAA	Lc -107.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #010201	1.01:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#010201 text on white	20.78:1	AAA	Lc 106.0	Preferred for body text
#010201 text on black	1.01:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 950.

Step 50
50

#F5F6F5

oklch(97.2% 0.002 145.6)
Step 100
100

#E8EAE8

oklch(93.5% 0.003 145.5)
Step 200
200

#D7DAD6

oklch(88.5% 0.006 137.8)
Step 300
300

#BCC3BC

oklch(81% 0.012 145.5)
Step 400
400

#9AA49A

oklch(70.8% 0.018 145.4)
Step 500
500

#818D81

oklch(63% 0.023 145.3)
Step 600
600

#6B776A

oklch(55.5% 0.024 143.1)
Step 700
700

#596459

oklch(49% 0.022 145.2)
Step 800
800

#495248

oklch(42.7% 0.02 142.4)
Step 900
900

#3D443D

oklch(37.8% 0.015 145.3)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#010201

oklch(7.9% 0.01 144.6)

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#010201 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#020201	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#020201	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#010202	0.008
Achromatopsia (no color)	#020202	0.011

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #010201, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #010201 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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