All About Color Black

#000000

Black was one of the first colors used by artists in neolithic cave paintings. In the 14th century, it was worn by royalty, clergy, judges and government officials in much of Europe. It became the color worn by English romantic poets, businessmen and statesmen in the 19th century, and a high fashion color in the 20th century.

About Black

Black is a very dark black color with the hex code #000000. In RGB it is red 0, green 0, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 0°, saturation 0%, lightness 0%; in CMYK it is 0%, 0%, 0%, 100%. Its contrast ratio is 21.00:1 on white and 1.00:1 on black.

#000000 Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, 00, 00
CMYK0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 100.00%
RGB Decimal0, 0, 0
HSL0°, 0%, 0%
RGB Octal0, 0, 0
HSV (HSB)0.00°, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Binary0, 0, 0
CIE-L*AB0.00, 0.00, 0.00
RGB Percent0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH0.00, 0.00, 0.00
XYZ0.00, 0.00, 0.00
CIE-L*UV0.00, 0.00, 0.00
xyY0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Hunter-Lab0.00, 0.00, 0.00
RYB0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#000000 on a dark background: contrast 1.00:1, fails WCAG AA.
#000000 on a light background: contrast 21.00:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Black, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Black. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#000000 · #2E2E2E · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #2E2E2E

Analogous palette

#0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #000000 · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D

Triadic palette

#000000 · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #2E2E2E · #2E2E2E

Tetradic palette

#000000 · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #0D0D0D

Monochromatic palette

#0D0D0D · #0D0D0D · #000000 · #262626 · #4D4D4D

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