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Sensibly Singularity

#0c0b25
Notes

Sensibly Singularity (#0C0B25) is a deep blue with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (242°, 54%, 9%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary yellow. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#0c0b25
RGB
rgb(12, 11, 37)
HSL
hsl(242, 54%, 9%)
HWB
hwb(242 4% 85%)
OKLCH
oklch(16.9% 0.052 281.0)
P3
color(display-p3 0.0464 0.0433 0.1389)
HSV
hsv(242, 70%, 15%)
LAB
lab(4.07% 7.23 -16.39)
LCH
lch(4.07% 17.91 293.80)
CMYK
cmyk(68%, 70%, 0%, 85%)

Etymology

Sensibly
adjective

Latin sēnsibilis, perceivable / having-good-sense — adverbial-and-adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, sensibly implies a neutral-and-practical-and-rational quality where the hue carries the visual register of practical-and-functional color-decision matched to its everyday-use context. Sits at the neutral-and-traditional end of the grid, parallel to reasonably and practical in usage.

Singularity
noun

Astrophysical gravitational singularity — the central infinitely-dense point of a black hole, where general relativity's space-time geometry becomes formally undefined. Singularity color refers to a Schwarzschild radius event-horizon as visualized in a Penrose diagram: a saturated, slightly cool deep black with the optical complexity of complete light-extinction within the gravitational radius. The deepest theoretical absolute black.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#0c0b25
Original
#010f26
Protanopia
#000d24
Deuteranopia
#031116
Tritanopia
#0d0d0d
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
19.26:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
1.09:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##0C0B25
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.0464 0.0433 0.1389)
Inside sRGBOKLCH chroma 0.052

This color sits well within the sRGB cube. P3 and sRGB share the gray axis and most desaturated tones, so a P3 display renders this identically to an sRGB display.

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