#181818 · Licorice

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#181818 is a dark, nearly neutral black color, closest to Licorice and near Licorice and Raisin. In OKLCH it has 21% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #181818 a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#181818
RGBrgb(24, 24, 24)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 9%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 91
CSS var--licorice
Contrast17.76:1 white · 1.18:1 black

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How to use #181818

White text passes WCAG AA on #181818 (17.76:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #181818 with its analogous neighbors #171717 and #171717; for contrast use its complement #171717 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--licorice: #181818;

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