Tuxedo
#3f3c43
Neutral charcoal slate with subtle warm-gray depth
About Tuxedo
Tuxedo feels like the moment a dark theme stops trying to be black-black. On my monitor it lands a touch lighter and softer, with a neutral gray base that doesn't tip as cool as Moonless Night and doesn't carry the muted grape or plum tint of Italian Grape and Professor Plum. It reads grounded, not smoky, and the difference is obvious at UI scale: panel backgrounds look cushioned, not ink-cut.
I use Tuxedo when dark-mode work needs structure. Think film and audio post timelines with long waveform lanes, dense shot lists in DAM galleries, and studio review pages where you want edges to stay crisp without turning purple or sooty. Compared to Italian Grape and Professor Plum, this one stays more gray-forward. Compared to Moonless Night, it has a steadier, less monitor-dim gloom.
Quirk: on glossy surfaces it can catch a faint sheen, so I sanity-check it against the brightest grays in the same layout before committing.
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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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