#090803

Closest named color: Almost Black (#070D0D). oklch(13.3% 0.015 100.8), rgb(9, 8, 3).

White text reads best on this color (20.04:1).

About this color

#090803 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 13%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Almost Black (#070D0D), ΔE 0.027 away. White text reads best on it, at 20.04:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (13%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Almost Black (#070D0D)
Black text	1.04:1
White text	20.04:1

Values

HEX	#090803
RGB	rgb(9, 8, 3)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(13.3% 0.015 100.8)

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 #090803	20.04:1	AAA	Lc -107.8	Preferred for body text
Black text on #090803	1.04:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#090803 text on white	20.04:1	AAA	Lc 105.9	Preferred for body text
#090803 text on black	1.04:1	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

#EAEAE6

oklch(93.6% 0.005 106.5)
Step 200
200

#DAD9D2

oklch(88.4% 0.01 100)
Step 300
300

#C3C1B4

oklch(80.9% 0.018 99.7)
Step 400
400

#A4A18D

oklch(70.6% 0.028 100.1)
Step 500
500

#8E8A71

oklch(63% 0.036 99.8)
Step 600
600

#78745A

oklch(55.5% 0.039 100.2)
Step 700
700

#65624A

oklch(49.2% 0.037 101.7)
Step 800
800

#52503C

oklch(42.7% 0.032 102.9)
Step 900
900

#444234

oklch(37.7% 0.023 100.7)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#090803

oklch(13.3% 0.015 100.8)

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#090803 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)	#090803	0.000
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#0A0803	0.002
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#0A0706	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#080808	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 #090803, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #090803 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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