Black (#000000) is a very dark, grayish black. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: black as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(0, 0, 0); in HSL, hsl(0, 0%, 0%).
| Hex | #000000 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | black |
| RGB | rgb(0, 0, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 0%) |
| CMYK | 0%, 0%, 0%, 100% |
| CSS example | color: #000000; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
#000000 is a neutral: it carries little to no hue, so wheel-based schemes like complementary or triadic would simply return the same gray. Neutrals work differently — use the ramp above for backgrounds, borders and text, and pair #000000 with a saturated accent for links, buttons and highlights. Each of these accents reads clearly against #000000:
On a #000000 background, white text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 21.00:1 | AAA | AAA |
| Black text (#000000) | 1.00:1 | Fails | Fails |
The CSS named colors closest to #000000:
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