Vantablack

Vantablack (#010101) is a deep neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (0°, 0%, 0%) places it in the muted band at a dark lightness. It works as a background, hairline border, or text color in dark UI. Swap to true black when you need maximum contrast. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them. Surrey NanoSystems' 2014 coating of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes — absorbing up to 99.965 percent of visible light. Licensed exclusively for art by Anish Kapoor, to widespread protest.

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