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#241C19

Onyx · very dark neutral

About #241C19

#241C19 is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 14% red, 11% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 31% yellow and 86% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Onyx (ΔE 7.7); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #192124 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #241C19 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.73:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red36
Green28
Blue25

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 7.7
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 8.0
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #241C19

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #241C19.
16.73:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #241C19.
1.26:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #241C19 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#241C19
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1E1D19
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#201E19
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#261B1B

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

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Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #241C19?

#241C19 is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 14% red, 11% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 31% yellow and 86% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #241C19?

Use white text. White on #241C19 has a contrast ratio of 16.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #241C19?

Its complementary colour is #192124, and analogous partners are #24191B and #242219.