Dark Veil `#141311`

Dark Veil (#141311) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 85°, lightness 0.19 and chroma 0.004. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.

Color values

HEX	`#141311`
RGB	`rgb(20, 19, 17)`
HSL	`hsl(40, 8%, 7%)`
HSV	`hsv(40, 15%, 8%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 15%, 92%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(5.9 0 1.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.187 0.004 85)`

How Dark Veil behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Veil 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #15120f — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #151310 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #141311 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #141311 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged

Test Dark Veil in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 18.57:1 and against black 1.13:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Dark Veil

Tonal

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.

#d6d6d4 · #afaead · #898886 · #656462 · #434240 · #141311

Analogous

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.

#3e6a57 · #36583c · #314621 · #2e3402 · #272100 · #141311

Shifted

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.

#8fa188 · #8d7a53 · #4b693e · #544117 · #222f1c · #141311

Contrast

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.

#b2a998 · #93876f · #415580 · #322c20 · #141311 · #0e0600

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#eef2f9 · #bfbab0 · #83868b · #59544a · #25282e · #141311

Bright Accent

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.

#f2f2f0 · #aeadac · #8e8d8b · #494847 · #141311 · #edbc4d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#ebf2ff · #a7bae2 · #6f85b4 · #435478 · #312711 · #141311

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#ebf2ff · #95c1dc · #887daf · #2e5a73 · #292439 · #141311

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e1f7f9 · #8cc6cc · #9d769f · #674868 · #0d2d31 · #141311

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e3f7f1 · #92c7b8 · #6f85b4 · #714657 · #1f283b · #141311

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#3b3a39 · #626260 · #8a8988 · #b1b0b0 · #d8d8d7

Shades

#11100e · #0d0d0b · #0a0a09 · #070606 · #030303

Using Dark Veil

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.