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#192011

Onyx · very dark cool black

About #192011

#192011 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 10% red, 13% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 12.7); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #181120 — a onyx tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #192011 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.72:1).

Colour codes

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Red25
Green32
Blue17

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 12.7
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.8
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #192011

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #192011.
16.72:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #192011.
1.26:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #192011 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#192011
Protanopia (no red cones)
#211E10
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#201E12
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1A1F1C

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #192011?

#192011 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 10% red, 13% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #192011?

Use white text. White on #192011 has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #192011?

Its complementary colour is #181120, and analogous partners are #202011 and #122011.