#292B31Night Sky (#292B31) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 271°, lightness 0.29 and chroma 0.011. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #292B31 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(41, 43, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(225, 9%, 18%) |
| HSV | hsv(225, 16%, 19%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 12%, 0%, 81%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(17.6 0.7 -4.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.290 0.011 271) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Night Sky is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#2b2a2d — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#2b2b30 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#292b31 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#292b32 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Night Sky 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 14.15:1 and against black 1.48:1, 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.
#989a9e · #73757a · #505157 · #292b31 · #121318 · #010102
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.
#2a4f67 · #213b5c · #292b31 · #1c163c · #170727 · #0e0013
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.
#c8b2ca · #8d9ac1 · #936e97 · #535e85 · #4f3e51 · #292b31
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.
#d6c38c · #5e657c · #434754 · #292b31 · #0b1024 · #000105
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f4f2ea · #afb3bd · #7a7873 · #3f424c · #292b31 · #181610
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.
#f1f2f5 · #c8c9cd · #9c9da1 · #292b31 · #050609 · #e5c04d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#f7f2e1 · #c1b288 · #897742 · #4f4115 · #292b31 · #101527
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f7f2e1 · #d0ab8d · #727f4c · #5b3a1c · #292b31 · #131804
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedea · #d7a69c · #568561 · #264c30 · #292b31 · #240f0b
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf1 · #d5a4b1 · #897742 · #0c4d44 · #292b31 · #1c1502
#46484E · #66686D · #87898E · #AAACB0 · #CFD0D3
#23252A · #1D1E23 · #17181C · #111216 · #0B0C10
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.