#03050AEight Ball (#03050A) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 261°, lightness 0.11 and chroma 0.015. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #03050A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(3, 5, 10) |
| HSL | hsl(223, 54%, 3%) |
| HSV | hsv(223, 70%, 4%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(70%, 50%, 0%, 96%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(1.4 0.2 -2.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.115 0.015 261) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Eight Ball is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#040509 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#03050a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#03050a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#03050a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Eight Ball 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 20.39:1 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.
#979a9f · #72757a · #4e5258 · #2d3138 · #10141a · #03050a
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.
#20564d · #004547 · #00333c · #002230 · #001224 · #03050a
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.
#8d7e97 · #54688a · #5a3f68 · #1f3152 · #1f1426 · #03050a
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.
#ddc08c · #6a7383 · #485469 · #2b374c · #161c26 · #03050a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f5f1ea · #afb5be · #7d7b76 · #414650 · #1a1711 · #03050a
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.
#f0f2f6 · #c6c9ce · #999ca1 · #202329 · #03050a · #f2ba4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#faf1e1 · #c8b189 · #927645 · #574219 · #0d1728 · #03050a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#faf1e1 · #d5aa92 · #7c7f4a · #613b25 · #181904 · #03050a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedec · #d9a6a4 · #62865c · #324e2e · #26100f · #03050a
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf3 · #d4a5b9 · #927645 · #195141 · #201502 · #03050a
#20232A · #44484E · #6C6F75 · #979A9F · #C4C6CA
#03050A · #04060A · #04060A · #05070A · #05070A
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.