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Tailwind mist-800

The hex code of Tailwind mist-800 is #22292b (rgb(34 41 43)), from its Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 value oklch(27.5% 0.011 216.9). White text on it reaches 14.79:1, passing WCAG AAA; below, Recolor (recolor.page) puts it on a page.

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#22292bmist-800
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-mist-800), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(27.5% 0.011 216.9)
Hex#22292b
RGBrgb(34 41 43)
HSLhsl(193 12% 15%)
CSS variablevar(--color-mist-800)
Nearest CSS namedarkslategray #2f4f4f, 0.131 away in OKLab
White text14.79:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.42:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About mist-800

Read as numbers, mist-800 is lightness 27.5%, chroma 0.011 and hue 216.9 degrees; read by eye, it is a very dark cool gray. Its neighbors on the mist scale are mist-700, 10.3 points lighter, and mist-900, 5.7 points darker.

HSL calls its lightness 15%, OKLCH 27.5%: 12 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. No gamut mapping is needed here: oklch(27.5% 0.011 216.9) sits inside sRGB and #22292b matches it.

White on mist-800 reads at 14.79:1, enough for AAA body text; black reaches 1.42:1 and should stay off it. White text passes on every mist shade from mist-500 down, so mist-800 is 3 shades past the line.

No CSS named color comes near it: the closest, darkslategray (#2f4f4f), is 0.131 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #d8d7d7
  2. #b2b0b0
  3. #8e8a8b
  4. #6c6668
  5. #4b4546
  6. #22292b
  7. #201b1c
  8. #151112
  9. #0a0808
  10. #030203

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 4 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #22292b
  2. #82c2af
  3. #434b7d
  4. #f6d9a5
  5. #9f6f94

Around mist-800 as swatch 1, Recolor's generator made a free palette, hues spread around the wheel: #82c2af, #434b7d, #f6d9a5, #9f6f94, drawn from a seed fixed by its hex. Open it in Recolor.

Using mist-800

Pair it with text-white, 14.79:1; mist-800 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-mist-800).

HTML
<a class="bg-mist-800 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-mist-800">Text in mist-800</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind mist-800?

Yes. White text measures 14.79:1 on mist-800, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind mist-800 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-mist-800: oklch(27.5% 0.011 216.9); #22292b is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind mist-800?

No. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2f4f4f), 0.131 away in OKLab.

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