#090909 · Obsidian

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#090909 is a dark, nearly neutral black color, closest to Obsidian and near Obsidian and Licorice. In OKLCH it has 14% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #090909 a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#090909
RGBrgb(9, 9, 9)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 4%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 96
CSS var--obsidian
Contrast19.91:1 white · 1.05:1 black

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How to use #090909

White text passes WCAG AA on #090909 (19.91:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #090909 with its analogous neighbors #0A0A0A and #0A0A0A; for contrast use its complement #0A0A0A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--obsidian: #090909;

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