#201422
Onyx · very dark cool pink
About #201422
#201422 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 8% green and 13% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 12.4); Black comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #162214 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #201422 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 17.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (17.73:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #201422
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How #201422 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #201422?
#201422 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 8% green and 13% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #201422?
Use white text. White on #201422 has a contrast ratio of 17.73:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #201422?
Its complementary colour is #162214, and analogous partners are #191422 and #22141D.