ColorXprez

#132016

Onyx · very dark cool green

About #132016

#132016 is a very dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 7% red, 13% green and 9% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 87% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 11.4), with Jet the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #20131D (onyx), its complementary partner.

Because it is very dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 16.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.86:1).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red19
Green32
Blue22

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 11.4
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.9
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #132016

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #132016.
16.86:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #132016.
1.25:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #132016 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#132016
Protanopia (no red cones)
#201E15
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1E1C17
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#11201D

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #132016?

#132016 is a very dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 7% red, 13% green and 9% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 87% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #132016?

Use white text. White on #132016 has a contrast ratio of 16.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #132016?

Its complementary colour is #20131D, and analogous partners are #172013 and #13201C.