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#1C2011

Jet · very dark cool black

About #1C2011

#1C2011 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 11% red, 13% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 12.3); Onyx comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #151120 — a onyx tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #1C2011 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.61:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.61:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red28
Green32
Blue17

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.3
Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 12.4
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #1C2011

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #1C2011.
16.61:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #1C2011.
1.26:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #1C2011 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#1C2011
Protanopia (no red cones)
#221E10
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#211E12
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1D1F1C

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #1C2011?

#1C2011 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 11% red, 13% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #1C2011?

Use white text. White on #1C2011 has a contrast ratio of 16.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #1C2011?

Its complementary colour is #151120, and analogous partners are #201C11 and #142011.