ColorXprez

#1E2011

Jet · very dark warm black

About #1E2011

#1E2011 is a very dark, muted black colour. Digitally that works out to 12% red, 13% green and 7% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Jet (ΔE 12.0), with Onyx the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #131120 (onyx), its complementary partner.

Because it is very dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.54:1).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red30
Green32
Blue17

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.0
Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 12.3
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #1E2011

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #1E2011.
16.54:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #1E2011.
1.27:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #1E2011 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#1E2011
Protanopia (no red cones)
#221F10
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#221F12
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#201E1C

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #1E2011?

#1E2011 is a very dark, muted black colour. Digitally that works out to 12% red, 13% green and 7% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 87% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #1E2011?

Use white text. White on #1E2011 has a contrast ratio of 16.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #1E2011?

Its complementary colour is #131120, and analogous partners are #201A11 and #162011.