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#112019

Onyx · very dark cool black

About #112019

#112019 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 7% red, 13% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 47% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 10.6); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #201118 — a onyx tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #112019 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.87:1).

Colour codes

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Red17
Green32
Blue25

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 10.6
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.2
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 13.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #112019

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #112019.
16.87:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #112019.
1.24:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #112019 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#112019
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1F1E19
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1D1C19
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#0D201E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #112019?

#112019 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 7% red, 13% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 47% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #112019?

Use white text. White on #112019 has a contrast ratio of 16.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #112019?

Its complementary colour is #201118, and analogous partners are #112011 and #112020.