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#142011

Onyx · very dark cool black

About #142011

With the hex code #142011, this is a very dark black with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 8% red, 13% green and 7% blue, while a printer would mix 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Onyx — a ΔE of 13.5 — followed by Dark Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #1D1120, a onyx shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.88:1).

Colour codes

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RGB
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Red20
Green32
Blue17

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 13.5
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 13.7
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #142011

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #142011.
16.88:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #142011.
1.24:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #142011 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#142011
Protanopia (no red cones)
#211E10
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1F1C12
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#131F1C

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #142011?

With the hex code #142011, this is a very dark black with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 8% red, 13% green and 7% blue, while a printer would mix 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #142011?

Use white text. White on #142011 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #142011?

Its complementary colour is #1D1120, and analogous partners are #1B2011 and #112015.