#090502

Closest named color: Almost Black (#070D0D). oklch(12% 0.015 69.3), rgb(9, 5, 2).

White text reads best on this color (20.30:1).

About this color

#090502 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 12%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Almost Black (#070D0D), ΔE 0.039 away. White text reads best on it, at 20.30:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (12%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Almost Black (#070D0D)
Black text	1.03:1
White text	20.30:1

Values

HEX	#090502
RGB	rgb(9, 5, 2)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(12% 0.015 69.3)

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 #090502	20.30:1	AAA	Lc -107.8	Preferred for body text
Black text on #090502	1.03:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#090502 text on white	20.30:1	AAA	Lc 106.0	Preferred for body text
#090502 text on black	1.03:1	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

#F6F5F4

oklch(97.1% 0.002 67.8)
Step 100
100

#ECE9E6

oklch(93.6% 0.005 67.8)
Step 200
200

#DDD8D2

oklch(88.5% 0.01 72.7)
Step 300
300

#C8BFB5

oklch(80.9% 0.017 70.5)
Step 400
400

#AD9E8E

oklch(70.8% 0.029 69.1)
Step 500
500

#988672

oklch(63.1% 0.036 70)
Step 600
600

#83705B

oklch(55.7% 0.039 69.7)
Step 700
700

#6F5D4A

oklch(49.1% 0.037 68.3)
Step 800
800

#5A4C3D

oklch(42.6% 0.03 68.8)
Step 900
900

#4A4034

oklch(37.8% 0.024 72.1)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#090502

oklch(12% 0.015 69.3)

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#090502 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)	#060502	0.009
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#070602	0.008
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#0B0404	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#060606	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 #090502, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #090502 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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