#201727
Onyx · very dark cool purple
About #201727
#201727 is a very dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 13% red, 9% green and 15% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 13.4), with Jet the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #1E2717 (jet), 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 — 17.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (17.31:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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How #201727 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #201727?
#201727 is a very dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 13% red, 9% green and 15% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #201727?
Use white text. White on #201727 has a contrast ratio of 17.31:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #201727?
Its complementary colour is #1E2717, and analogous partners are #181727 and #271726.