#12110ESinister (#12110E) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 92°, lightness 0.18 and chroma 0.006. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #12110E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(18, 17, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 13%, 6%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 22%, 7%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6%, 22%, 93%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(5.1 -0.2 1.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.178 0.006 92) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Sinister 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.
#13100c — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#13110d — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged#12110e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#12110e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Sinister 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 18.88:1 and against black 1.11:1, 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.
#a4a3a1 · #7e7d7b · #5b5a57 · #3a3936 · #12110e · #030302
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.
#386859 · #2e563e · #294523 · #263305 · #222000 · #12110e
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.
#899f88 · #867950 · #426841 · #4e4014 · #1d2d1c · #12110e
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.
#ada795 · #8e856c · #4b5785 · #2f2b1e · #12110e · #090400
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eff2f9 · #bdb9af · #828489 · #565348 · #24262c · #12110e
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 · #ccccca · #a2a29f · #302f2c · #12110e · #e4c14d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#edf1ff · #acb8e1 · #7482b2 · #465176 · #2c250f · #12110e
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#edf1ff · #98bfdd · #8c7aaa · #305773 · #292135 · #12110e
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e2f6fb · #8cc4d0 · #9f7499 · #674563 · #0b2b30 · #12110e
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e2f7f3 · #8fc7bc · #7482b2 · #704350 · #1f2538 · #12110e
#3a3936 · #61605e · #898887 · #b0b0af · #d8d7d7
#0f0e0c · #0c0b09 · #090907 · #060605 · #030302
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.