Near black

#312c30

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for near black, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Near black carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. Dark neutrals like this stand in for black without the harshness. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Near black color values

Every conversion for #312c30, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#312c30

RGB49, 44, 48

HSL312, 5%, 18%

HSV312, 10%, 19%

CMYK0%, 10%, 2%, 81%

Lab18.66, 3.18, -1.76

XYZ2.7, 2.67, 3.17

Decimal3222576

Web safe#333333

Pantone532 C

Shades of near black

#2a262a #242023 #1d1a1d #171416 #100e10

Tints of near black

#463f45 #5b5259 #70656e #857882 #988c96 #aba1a9 #beb7bc #d1ccd0 #e4e1e3 #f7f6f6

Colors that go with near black

Complementary#2c312d Analogous#302c31 Analogous#312c2e Triadic#30312c Triadic#2c3031 Split complementary#2e312c Split complementary#2c3130

Near black in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 2, 81.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #312c30 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 2 81

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 6 87

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Near black in css

Copy #312c30 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #312c30; }
.text { color: #312c30; }
.border { border: 2px solid #312c30; }

How near black looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Near black and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #312c30 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #312c30 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Near black on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #312c30 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around near black? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn near black into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #312c30 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from near black, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #312c30 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.