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Tailwind taupe-950

The hex code of Tailwind taupe-950 is #0c0a09 (rgb(12 10 9)), from its Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 value oklch(14.7% 0.004 49.3). White text on it reaches 19.76:1, passing WCAG AAA; below, Recolor (recolor.page) puts it on a page.

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#0c0a09taupe-950
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-taupe-950), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(14.7% 0.004 49.3)
Hex#0c0a09
RGBrgb(12 10 9)
HSLhsl(20 14% 4%)
CSS variablevar(--color-taupe-950)
Nearest CSS nameblack #000000, 0.147 away in OKLab
White text19.76:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.06:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About taupe-950

Read as numbers, taupe-950 is lightness 14.7%, chroma 0.004 and hue 49.3 degrees; read by eye, it is a very dark gray. Taupe-950 is the last and darkest of the eleven taupe shades, 6.7 points under taupe-900.

Its lightness is 4% in HSL and 14.7% in OKLCH, 11 points apart; only the second tracks how light it looks. No gamut mapping is needed here: oklch(14.7% 0.004 49.3) sits inside sRGB and #0c0a09 matches it.

White on taupe-950 reads at 19.76:1, enough for AAA body text; black reaches 1.06:1 and should stay off it. On the taupe scale white text works from taupe-500 to taupe-950; taupe-950 has 5 shades of margin.

CSS has no keyword in its neighborhood; black (#000000) is the nearest, a long 0.147 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #d1d0d0
  2. #a4a3a3
  3. #797878
  4. #514f50
  5. #2d2a2b
  6. #0c0a09
  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. #0c0a09
  2. #b18476
  3. #e0fbe4
  4. #655180
  5. #a6c3d4

Around taupe-950 as swatch 1, Recolor's generator made a free palette, hues spread around the wheel: #b18476, #e0fbe4, #655180, #a6c3d4, drawn from a seed fixed by its hex. Open it in Recolor.

Using taupe-950

Pair it with text-white, 19.76:1; taupe-950 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-taupe-950).

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

Common questions

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

Yes. White text measures 19.76:1 on taupe-950, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind taupe-950 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-taupe-950: oklch(14.7% 0.004 49.3); #0c0a09 is its conversion to sRGB.

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

No. The nearest CSS named color is black (#000000), 0.147 away in OKLab.

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