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#201E12

Onyx · very dark warm black

About #201E12

#201E12 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 12% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 44% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 10.4); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #121420 — a onyx tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #201E12 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 16.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.72:1).

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Red32
Green30
Blue18

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 10.4
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 10.6
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #201E12

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #201E12.
16.72:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #201E12.
1.26:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #201E12 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#201E12
Protanopia (no red cones)
#201D11
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#211E12
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#221C1B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #201E12?

#201E12 is a muted, very dark shade in the black family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 12% green and 7% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 44% yellow and 87% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #201E12?

Use white text. White on #201E12 has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #201E12?

Its complementary colour is #121420, and analogous partners are #201712 and #1B2012.