#110101Dark Matter (#110101) is a very dark, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.12 and chroma 0.04. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #110101 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(17, 1, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 89%, 4%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 94%, 7%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 94%, 94%, 93%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(1.3 4.6 1.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.117 0.040 26) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Matter is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#110101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#110101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#110101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#110101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Dark Matter 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 20.42:1 and against black 1.03:1, 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.
#a69593 · #83706d · #614c49 · #402b28 · #220c0b · #110101
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.
#514e27 · #493b10 · #402700 · #331600 · #260500 · #110101
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.
#93836a · #885b56 · #634715 · #4e2421 · #231804 · #110101
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.
#88d3dc · #836e6c · #684d4a · #4b2f2c · #261817 · #110101
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf4f5 · #beb1b0 · #767d7e · #504341 · #11191a · #110101
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.
#fceeed · #d4c5c3 · #a99795 · #301c1a · #110101 · #e34f4a
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#fceeed · #d4c5c3 · #a99795 · #301c1a · #110101 · #dac64e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e1f7f9 · #87c0c8 · #3d8891 · #0b5057 · #27100f · #110101
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e1f7f9 · #8cc2b3 · #4d82a2 · #165245 · #041a26 · #110101
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e9f6e9 · #9dc09e · #667ba9 · #364569 · #0c1c0d · #110101
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f1f4e3 · #b2ba8e · #3d8891 · #493f65 · #001c20 · #110101
#331D1B · #584240 · #7E6A68 · #A79593 · #D1C3C1
#110201 · #100202 · #100302 · #100303 · #0F0403
#0F0202 · #0C0303 · #0A0404
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.