Color specimenNo. 01120295

#111827

Dusty Very Dark Blue

A deterministic reference card for #111827. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
17, 24, 39
HSL
221°, 39%, 11%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · gray

tailwind · gray 900

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

Scale context · gray

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Class name
gray-900
Hex
#111827
Closest CSS named color
black
Full color breakdown
/color/111827

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 #111827 as the text color.

17.74:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #111827 as the text color.

1.18:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #111827 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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