Eigengrau

Eigengrau (#16161D) is a deep neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (240°, 14%, 10%) places it in the muted band at a dark lightness. It works as a background, hairline border, or text color in dark UI. Swap to true black when you need maximum contrast. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them. German for 'intrinsic gray' — the dark gray the human visual system perceives in total darkness. Named by 19th-century physiologists studying the noise floor of the dark-adapted eye.

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