#201818
Onyx · very dark neutral
About #201818
#201818 is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 9% green and 9% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 25% yellow and 87% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Onyx (ΔE 6.0); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #182020 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #201818 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 17.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (17.42:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #201818
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #201818 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #201818?
#201818 is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 9% green and 9% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 25% yellow and 87% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #201818?
Use white text. White on #201818 has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #201818?
Its complementary colour is #182020, and analogous partners are #20181C and #201C18.