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#1C1925

Onyx · very dark cool purple

About #1C1925

With the hex code #1C1925, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 11% red, 10% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 24% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Onyx — a ΔE of 10.1 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #222519, a jet 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 — 17.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (17.28:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red28
Green25
Blue37

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 10.1
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.0
Black
#000000 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #1C1925

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #1C1925.
17.28:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #1C1925.
1.22:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #1C1925 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#1C1925
Protanopia (no red cones)
#161B26
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#171B25
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1A1B1D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #1C1925?

With the hex code #1C1925, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 11% red, 10% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 24% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #1C1925?

Use white text. White on #1C1925 has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #1C1925?

Its complementary colour is #222519, and analogous partners are #191C25 and #221925.