Color specimenNo. 00988970

#0F172A

Very Dark Blue

A deterministic reference card for #0F172A. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
15, 23, 42
HSL
222°, 47%, 11%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · slate

tailwind · slate 900

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-slate-900, text-slate-900, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · slate

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Class name
slate-900
Hex
#0F172A
Closest CSS named color
black
Full color breakdown
/color/0f172a

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #0F172A as the text color.

17.85:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #0F172A as the text color.

1.18:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #0F172A as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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