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#132017

Onyx · very dark cool green

About #132017

#132017 is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 7% red, 13% green and 9% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 10.9); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #20131C — a onyx tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #132017 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.84:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red19
Green32
Blue23

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 10.9
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.5
Black
#000000 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #132017

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #132017.
16.84:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #132017.
1.25:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #132017 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#132017
Protanopia (no red cones)
#201E17
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1E1C17
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#11201D

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #132017?

#132017 is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 7% red, 13% green and 9% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #132017?

Use white text. White on #132017 has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #132017?

Its complementary colour is #20131C, and analogous partners are #162013 and #13201D.