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Tailwind mist-950

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, mist-950 is defined as oklch(14.8% 0.004 228.8); in hex that is #090b0c, or rgb(9 11 12). White text on it reaches 19.72:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#090b0cmist-950
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-mist-950), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(14.8% 0.004 228.8)
Hex#090b0c
RGBrgb(9 11 12)
HSLhsl(200 14% 4%)
CSS variablevar(--color-mist-950)
Nearest CSS nameblack #000000, 0.148 away in OKLab
White text19.72:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.06:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About mist-950

In OKLCH, mist-950 has a lightness of 14.8%, a chroma of 0.004 and a hue of 228.8 degrees, which makes it a very dark gray. It closes the mist scale as its darkest shade, 7.0 points of lightness below mist-900.

HSL calls its lightness 4%, OKLCH 14.8%: 11 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so mist-950 converts to #090b0c without losing chroma.

For text, mist-950 wants white: 19.72:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 1.06:1 fails AA. White text passes on every mist shade from mist-500 down, so mist-950 is 5 shades past the line.

No CSS named color comes near it: the closest, black (#000000), is 0.148 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #d1d0d0
  2. #a4a3a3
  3. #797878
  4. #525050
  5. #2d2b2b
  6. #090b0c
  7. #070606
  8. #040303
  9. #020101

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 3 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. #090b0c
  2. #b9b861
  3. #265294
  4. #ffdac2
  5. #5d8fd3

Locked as the first of five swatches, mist-950 gets #b9b861, #265294, #ffdac2, #5d8fd3 from Recolor's generator, a split-complementary palette, built on the two hues beside its opposite. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using mist-950

Pair it with text-white, 19.72:1; mist-950 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-mist-950).

HTML
<a class="bg-mist-950 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-mist-950">Text in mist-950</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind mist-950?

Yes. White text measures 19.72:1 on mist-950, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind mist-950 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-mist-950: oklch(14.8% 0.004 228.8); #090b0c is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind mist-950?

No. The nearest CSS named color is black (#000000), 0.148 away in OKLab.

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