#1F1518Bats Cloak (#1F1518) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 359°, lightness 0.21 and chroma 0.017. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #1F1518 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(31, 21, 24) |
| HSL | hsl(342, 19%, 10%) |
| HSV | hsv(342, 32%, 12%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 23%, 88%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(8.1 5.7 -0.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.210 0.017 359) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Bats Cloak is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#201416 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#201517 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged#1f1518 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#1f1518 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Bats Cloak in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 17.82:1 and against black 1.18:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#9f979a · #7b7274 · #594f51 · #382e31 · #1f1518 · #020001
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#5f3b29 · #512820 · #42151b · #1f1518 · #1f0115 · #0f0010
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b79b8b · #a27482 · #88593d · #663b49 · #402b1f · #1f1518
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#8dd5c5 · #7c696e · #61474f · #3d2e32 · #1f1518 · #0c0003
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ebf4f2 · #c5b8bc · #848b89 · #625559 · #28302e · #1f1518
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f6f0f2 · #cec7c9 · #a19a9c · #1f1518 · #070304 · #e54f8c
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#f6f0f2 · #cec7c9 · #a19a9c · #1f1518 · #070304 · #ddc44e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e3f7f2 · #92c9bd · #52988a · #2b655a · #3d262d · #1f1518
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e3f7f2 · #a2c7a7 · #4c96a1 · #3f6346 · #143338 · #1f1518
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f0f4e4 · #b8c297 · #5d90b2 · #355e79 · #2c301a · #1f1518
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f8f1e1 · #ccbb90 · #52988a · #4b587e · #16342e · #1f1518
#3E3437 · #5F5659 · #837B7D · #A9A1A3 · #D0CACB
#1B1215 · #181012 · #140D0F · #110A0C · #0E080A
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.