Colour reference

Editor Black

#1e1e1e

The default dark editor background in VS Code.

RGB: rgb(30 30 30)
HSL: 0°, 0%, 12%
OKLCh: 23.5% 0.000 0.0

Editor Black in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#1e1e1e`
RGB	`rgb(30 30 30)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(30, 30, 30)`
RGB percent	`rgb(11.76% 11.76% 11.76%)`
HSL	`hsl(0 0% 11.8%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(0, 0%, 11.8%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 0%, 11.8%)`
HWB	`hwb(0 11.8% 88.2%)`
Nearest name	`midnightblue (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 88.2%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(23.503% 0 0)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(23.503% 0 0)`
CIE LCh	`lch(11.264% 0 139.088)`
CIE Lab	`lab(11.264% 0 0)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.1176 0.1176 0.1176)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.0584 0.0584 0.0584)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.013 0.013 0.013)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.0123 0.013 0.0141)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.118)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.013)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.118, 0.118, 0.118, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.013, 0.013, 0.013, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(30, 30, 30)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.118)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.013)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.118, 0.118, 0.118, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.118, 0.118, 0.118, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.118)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.118, 0.118, 0.118, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.013, 0.013, 0.013)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.118f, 0.118f, 0.118f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(30, 30, 30, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.013f, 0.013f, 0.013f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(30, 30, 30, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.118, 0.118, 0.118, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFF1E1E1E)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(30, 30, 30)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.118, green: 0.118, blue: 0.118)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.118, green: 0.118, blue: 0.118, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0x1E1E1E`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFF1E1E1E`
Array 0–1	`[0.118, 0.118, 0.118]`
Array 0–255	`[30, 30, 30]`
Decimal integer	`1973790`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Editor Black on white	16.67:1	AAA	Lc 104	Body text at any size
Editor Black on black	1.26:1	Fail	Lc 0	Not usable for text

Editor Black text on a white background

Editor Black text on a black background

White text on Editor Black

Black text on Editor Black

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f7f7f7
100#ededed
200#dcdcdc
300#c5c5c5
400#a9a9a9
500#8b8b8b
600#717171
700#5b5b5b
800#484848
900#383838
950#1f1f1f

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#3e3e3e
Tint 2#606060
Tint 3#858585
Tint 4#acacac
Tint 5#d5d5d5
Shade 1#151515
Shade 2#0c0c0c
Shade 3#050505
Shade 4#020202
Shade 5#000000

Colours that work with Editor Black

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

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Closest CSS names

midnightblueΔEok 0.153
darkslategrayΔEok 0.172
navyΔEok 0.191
darkblueΔEok 0.206
indigoΔEok 0.207
maroonΔEok 0.210