#120A09

Closest named color: Almost Black (#070D0D). oklch(15.6% 0.014 27.1), rgb(18, 10, 9).

White text reads best on this color (19.56:1).

About this color

#120A09 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 16%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Almost Black (#070D0D), ΔE 0.025 away. White text reads best on it, at 19.56:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (16%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Almost Black (#070D0D)
Black text	1.07:1
White text	19.56:1

Values

HEX	#120A09
RGB	rgb(18, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(7, 33%, 5%)
OKLCH	oklch(15.6% 0.014 27.1)

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 #120A09	19.56:1	AAA	Lc -107.6	Preferred for body text
Black text on #120A09	1.07:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#120A09 text on white	19.56:1	AAA	Lc 105.7	Preferred for body text
#120A09 text on black	1.07:1	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

#F7F5F4

oklch(97.1% 0.003 48.7)
Step 100
100

#EDE9E8

oklch(93.7% 0.005 34.3)
Step 200
200

#DFD7D6

oklch(88.5% 0.009 26)
Step 300
300

#CBBDBB

oklch(80.9% 0.016 27.3)
Step 400
400

#B19B97

oklch(70.8% 0.027 30)
Step 500
500

#9E827E

oklch(63.2% 0.035 27.6)
Step 600
600

#886B67

oklch(55.5% 0.038 27.4)
Step 700
700

#745956

oklch(49.1% 0.036 25.8)
Step 800
800

#5E4946

oklch(42.7% 0.029 27.7)
Step 900
900

#4D3D3B

oklch(37.7% 0.023 26.5)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#120A09

oklch(15.6% 0.014 27.1)

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#120A09 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)	#0C0B09	0.014
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#0E0D09	0.014
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#14090A	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#0C0C0C	0.014

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 #120A09, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #120A09 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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