#161717 color: Cynical Black
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Cynical Black#161717
- ≈ Graphite
- Gray
- Very dark
- Muted
- Neutral
- neutral-900
- Black 91%
Looks the same on every screen.
White text17.96:1 · AALc -107
Black text1.17:1 · Below AALc 0
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About #161717
#161717 is a very dark gray color. In OKLCH it has 20.4% lightness, 0.002 chroma and a hue of 197°.
Looks the same on every screen.
White text on it reaches 17.96:1 contrast and black text 1.17:1, so white text reads better.
The closest named color is Cynical Black (#171717). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is neutral-900.