#12002B · Obsidian

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#12002B is a dark, highly saturated black color, closest to Obsidian and near Obsidian and Licorice. In OKLCH it has 16% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 297°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #12002B a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#12002B
RGBrgb(18, 0, 43)
HSLhsl(265, 100%, 8%)
CMYK58, 100, 0, 83
CSS var--obsidian
Contrast19.8:1 white · 1.06:1 black

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How to use #12002B

White text passes WCAG AA on #12002B (19.8:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #12002B with its analogous neighbors #000329 and #250029; for contrast use its complement #182900 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--obsidian: #12002B;

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