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Tailwind taupe-900

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, taupe-900 is defined as oklch(21.4% 0.009 43.1); in hex that is #1d1816, or rgb(29 24 22). White text on it reaches 17.58:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#1d1816taupe-900
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-taupe-900), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(21.4% 0.009 43.1)
Hex#1d1816
RGBrgb(29 24 22)
HSLhsl(17 14% 10%)
CSS variablevar(--color-taupe-900)
Nearest CSS namemidnightblue #191970, 0.167 away in OKLab
White text17.58:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.19:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About taupe-900

In OKLCH, taupe-900 has a lightness of 21.4%, a chroma of 0.009 and a hue of 43.1 degrees, which makes it a very dark reddish gray. The step up to taupe-800 is 5.4 points of lightness, and the step down to taupe-950 6.7 points.

HSL calls its lightness 10%, OKLCH 21.4%: 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 taupe-900 converts to #1d1816 without losing chroma.

For text, taupe-900 wants white: 17.58:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 1.19:1 fails AA. White text passes on every taupe shade from taupe-500 down, so taupe-900 is 4 shades past the line.

No CSS named color comes near it: the closest, midnightblue (#191970), is 0.167 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #d5d3d4
  2. #aca9aa
  3. #858182
  4. #605b5c
  5. #3d3839
  6. #1d1816
  7. #141011
  8. #0c090a
  9. #050404
  10. #010101

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. #1d1816
  2. #e3b0be
  3. #6b4950
  4. #ffe0ee
  5. #b95876

Locked as the first of five swatches, taupe-900 gets #e3b0be, #6b4950, #ffe0ee, #b95876 from Recolor's generator, a monochromatic palette, one hue in five lightnesses. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using taupe-900

Pair it with text-white, 17.58:1; taupe-900 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-taupe-900).

HTML
<a class="bg-taupe-900 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-taupe-900">Text in taupe-900</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind taupe-900?

Yes. White text measures 17.58:1 on taupe-900, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind taupe-900 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-taupe-900: oklch(21.4% 0.009 43.1); #1d1816 is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind taupe-900?

No. The nearest CSS named color is midnightblue (#191970), 0.167 away in OKLab.

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