Information about #101010 color

#101010 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#101010 falls into the Greyscale Color Family — Desaturated, Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(16, 16, 16) — 6.3% red, 6.3% green, 6.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 94. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #101010 reads as a muted, almost neutral deep charcoal and keeps to the darkest edge of the palette. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Fingertips (#130E0C). Slightly further away sit Chinese Black (#141414) and Contract Leather (#0C0C0C).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (16 each), placing #101010 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #101010: 19.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:94) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#101010 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#101010 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#3F3F3F

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#6F6F6F

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#9F9F9F

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American Silver

#CFCFCF
White

#FFFFFF

#101010 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#101010
Contract Leather

#0C0C0C
#090909

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#060606

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#030303

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Black

#000000

#101010 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#101010
Nero

#252525
#3C3C3C

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#525252

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Dim Gray

#696969
Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#101010 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #101010

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Fingertips color link
Fingertips

#130E0C

Chinese Black color link
Chinese Black

#141414

Contract Leather color link
Contract Leather

#0C0C0C

Standard-Bearer color link
Standard-Bearer

#141216

Drawlz Brand Co. Black Noir color link
Drawlz Brand Co. Black Noir

#0B0B0B

Vintage Black color link
Vintage Black

#18130E

Smoky Black color link
Smoky Black

#100C08

Marshland color link
Marshland

#0B0F08

Almost Black color link
Almost Black

#070D0D

Night color link
Night

#0C090A

Licorice color link
Licorice

#1A1110

Luxury Black color link
Luxury Black

#060D0D

#101010 color backgrounds & wallpapers

Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.

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#101010 color image #101010 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#101010
  • RGB16, 16, 16
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 94
  • CSSrgb(16, 16, 16)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 6%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 6.275%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 6%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 6%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.063
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.063
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.063
  • GLSLvec3(0.063, 0.063, 0.063)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.063, 0.063, 0.063, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.063, 0.063, 0.063)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB6.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB6.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB6.3%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID101010
  • DECIMAL ID1052688
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers58 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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