#020408

Closest named color: Almost Black (#070D0D). oklch(10.5% 0.015 255.9), rgb(2, 4, 8).

White text reads best on this color (20.51:1).

About this color

#020408 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 11%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Almost Black (#070D0D), ΔE 0.049 away. White text reads best on it, at 20.51:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (11%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Almost Black (#070D0D)
Black text	1.02:1
White text	20.51:1

Values

HEX	#020408
RGB	rgb(2, 4, 8)
HSL	hsl(220, 60%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(10.5% 0.015 255.9)

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 #020408	20.51:1	AAA	Lc -107.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #020408	1.02:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#020408 text on white	20.51:1	AAA	Lc 106.0	Preferred for body text
#020408 text on black	1.02:1	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

#F4F5F7

oklch(97% 0.003 264.5)
Step 100
100

#E8EAED

oklch(93.6% 0.005 258.3)
Step 200
200

#D5D9E0

oklch(88.4% 0.011 261.8)
Step 300
300

#B9C1CC

oklch(80.8% 0.018 256.3)
Step 400
400

#95A2B2

oklch(70.7% 0.028 253.6)
Step 500
500

#7B8BA0

oklch(63.1% 0.037 255.3)
Step 600
600

#64758A

oklch(55.6% 0.039 253.9)
Step 700
700

#536276

oklch(49.1% 0.037 255.7)
Step 800
800

#445060

oklch(42.7% 0.031 255.7)
Step 900
900

#39424E

oklch(37.6% 0.024 255.7)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#020408

oklch(10.5% 0.015 255.9)

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#020408 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)	#030408	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#020408	0.000
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#010505	0.014
Achromatopsia (no color)	#040404	0.015

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 #020408, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #020408 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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