#18191A · Licorice

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#18191A 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 248°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #18191A a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#18191A
RGBrgb(24, 25, 26)
HSLhsl(210, 4%, 10%)
CMYK8, 4, 0, 90
CSS var--licorice
Contrast17.61:1 white · 1.19:1 black

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How to use #18191A

White text passes WCAG AA on #18191A (17.61:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #18191A with its analogous neighbors #181B1B and #18181B; for contrast use its complement #1B1A18 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--licorice: #18191A;

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