#101010#101010

#101010 is a very dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#101010
RGBrgb(16, 16, 16)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 6%)
HSVhsv(0, 0%, 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 93.7%)
CIE-LABlab(4.68, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCHlch(4.68, 0.00, 160.35°)
OKLaboklab(17.3% 0 0)
OKLCHoklch(17.3% 0 0)
XYZxyz(0.4925, 0.5182, 0.5642)
Luminance0.0052 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#101010 #101010
analogous
#101010 #101010 #101010
triadic
#101010 #101010 #101010
tetradic
#101010 #101010 #101010 #101010
square
#101010 #101010 #101010 #101010
split-complementary
#101010 #101010 #101010
monochromatic
#0F0F0F #0F0F0F #101010 #2F2F2F #4D4D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.03
#101010 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10
#101010 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #101010
19.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##101010#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##1010101.0019.031.1019.03
#FFFFFF19.031.0021.001.00
#0000001.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF19.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#101010
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#101010
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#101010
Achromatopsia (no color)
#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #101010;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(16, 16, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.000 0.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e4e4e',
    500: '#101010',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #101010;
$custom-light: #4e4e4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#101010",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 16,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 6.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17304,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.00518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#101010
secondary
#3E3E3E
accent
#A9A97E
background
#F4F4F4
surface
#E7E7E7
border
#C3C3C3
text
#010101
muted
#777777

Preview Lab

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#101010 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva