#201621
Onyx · very dark cool pink
About #201621
With the hex code #201621, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 13% red, 9% green and 13% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 87% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Onyx — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #172116, 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 — 17.53:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (17.53:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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How #201621 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #201621?
With the hex code #201621, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 13% red, 9% green and 13% blue, while a printer would mix 3% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 87% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #201621?
Use white text. White on #201621 has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #201621?
Its complementary colour is #172116, and analogous partners are #1A1621 and #21161D.