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#241925

Onyx · very dark cool pink

About #241925

#241925 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 14% red, 10% green and 15% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Onyx (ΔE 11.6); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #1A2519 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #241925 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.92:1).

Colour codes

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Red36
Green25
Blue37

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 11.6
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.4
Black
#000000 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #241925

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #241925.
16.92:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #241925.
1.24:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #241925 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#241925
Protanopia (no red cones)
#181C25
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1A1D25
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#251A1D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #241925?

#241925 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 14% red, 10% green and 15% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #241925?

Use white text. White on #241925 has a contrast ratio of 16.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #241925?

Its complementary colour is #1A2519, and analogous partners are #1E1925 and #251920.