Name from the community color list.
Night Sky (#292B31) is a dark neutral gray. In RGB it is made of 16% red, 17% green and 19% blue (R 41, G 43, B 49). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 225°, 9% saturation and 18% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.024, so white text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 16% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 81% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.
#292B31 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #292B31 | |
| RGB | rgb(41, 43, 49) | |
| HSL | hsl(225, 9%, 18%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(225, 16%, 19%) | |
| HWB | hwb(225 16% 81%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 12%, 0%, 81%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(28.95% 0.0113 271.01) | |
| OKLab | oklab(28.95% 0.0002 -0.0113) | |
| CIELAB | lab(17.51% 0.24 -4.22) | |
| CIELCH | lch(17.51% 4.23 273.23) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.1622 0.1684 0.1901) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.0233 0.0242 0.0325) | |
| Decimal | 2698033 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.0242. Nearest web-safe color: #333333.
See what #292B31 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --night-sky: #292B31; | |
| Sass variable | $night-sky: #292B31; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-night-sky: #292B31; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'night-sky': '#292B31' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 0.161, green: 0.169, blue: 0.192) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 0.161, green: 0.169, blue: 0.192, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="night_sky">#FF292B31</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFF292B31) |
White text works best on #292B31 (14.15:1, AAA). Here is how #292B31 does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
#292B31 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
#292B31 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
Night Sky is listed among Crayola's Crayons with Glitter, a line first sold in 1997. The list of Crayola crayon colors gives it as a mid blue, #4F69C6, with glitter mixed into the wax.
The site's #292B31 does not match that crayon. It is a near black grey with a faint blue tint, and we found no source for it. It sits close to raisin black and jet. White text on it has a contrast of 14.15 to 1.
A sample app screen with #292B31 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #292B31 as it is. On the dark theme, #292B31 is too hard to read as text (1.26:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #7E8087 there (4.50:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
These schemes turn the hue of #292B31 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Four CSS gradients made from #292B31. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #D0D0D2, #292B31);
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #292B31, #050506);
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #292F31, #292B31, #2B2931);
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #292B31, #2D2A2E, #31292B);
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Night Sky sits at step 900. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
The nearest match to #292B31 in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.
