Black color (#000000)
Black is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword black
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #000000, which is rgb(0, 0, 0) in RGB.
It is a very dark neutral and a perceived lightness of 0% in OKLCH. On a black background, white text gives the higher contrast at 21.00:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Black color codes
| CSS name | black |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #000000 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #000000FF |
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| RGB | rgb(0, 0, 0) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 0%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 0%, 0%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(0% 0 0) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 100%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for black used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of black
Tints mix black with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with black
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Black with color blindness
Approximately how black appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using black in CSS
.element {
color: black;
background-color: #000000;
border-color: rgb(0 0 0 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(0% 0 0);
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