Gray & Black color

Black #000000

#000000 · rgb(0, 0, 0)

Black is the color #000000. In RGB it is rgb(0, 0, 0) — 0% red, 0% green and 0% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 100% black, and in HSL it sits at 0° hue, 0% saturation and 0% lightness. Black is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: black works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #000000.

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Black color codes

Hex#000000
RGBrgb(0, 0, 0)
RGB %0%, 0%, 0%
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 0%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0, 0%, 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 100%)
OKLCHoklch(0% 0 0)
Closest web-safe#000000

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Black against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 21.00:1 Black text — 1.00:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Split-complementary
Triadic
Tetradic
Square
Rainbow

Colors similar to Black

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