Color specimenNo. 00592139

#09090B

Muted Near Black Indigo

A deterministic reference card for #09090B. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
9, 9, 11
HSL
240°, 10%, 4%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · zinc

tailwind · zinc 950

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-zinc-950, text-zinc-950, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · zinc

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Class name
zinc-950
Hex
#09090B
Closest CSS named color
black
Full color breakdown
/color/09090b

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 #09090B as the text color.

19.90:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #09090B as the text color.

1.06:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #09090B 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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