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#251925

Onyx · very dark warm pink

About #251925

With the hex code #251925, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 15% red, 10% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Onyx — a ΔE of 11.9 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #192519, a jet shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.88:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red37
Green25
Blue37

Closest named colours

Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 11.9
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.5
Black
#000000 · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #251925

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on onyx #251925.
16.88:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on onyx #251925.
1.24:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #251925 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#251925
Protanopia (no red cones)
#181C25
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1B1D25
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#261A1D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #251925?

With the hex code #251925, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 15% red, 10% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 85% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #251925?

Use white text. White on #251925 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #251925?

Its complementary colour is #192519, and analogous partners are #1F1925 and #25191F.