Crowshead Color
Crowshead is a brown color with hex code #1C1208. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with crowshead, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Crowshead Color Values
What Does Crowshead Mean?
Crowshead belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Crowshead adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Crowshead is classified as a black (nearest centroid: brownish black, #28201C). It is also known as Bokara Grey.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Crowshead
Crowshead and #08121C are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #1C0808 and #1C1C08, which sit beside crowshead on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair crowshead with triadic partners #081C12 and #12081C. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Creole —
#1E0F04(Delta E 2) - Karaka —
#1E1609(Delta E 3) - Acadia —
#1B1404(Delta E 3) - Night Rider —
#1F120F(Delta E 4) - El Paso —
#1E1708(Delta E 4)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #1C1208; }
.background { background-color: #1C1208; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1C1208; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #1C120840; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for crowshead?
Crowshead has the hex code #1C1208. In RGB notation it is rgb(28, 18, 8), in HSL it is hsl(30, 56%, 7%), and its OKLCH value is 0.192, 0.025, 65.8.
What does the color crowshead mean?
Brown-family colors like crowshead carry distinct psychological associations. Crowshead belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Being on the dark side, Crowshead adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with crowshead?
Crowshead has three easy routes: its complement #08121C for punch, its neighbors #1C0808 and #1C1C08 for something calmer, or triadic partners #081C12 and #12081C when you want energy.
Is crowshead a standard web color?
No — Crowshead is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #1C1208 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make crowshead lighter or darker?
To lighten crowshead, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EED9C3 (lightest tint) to #040301 (darkest shade).
About Crowshead
Crowshead is classified as a Black in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has alternative names including Bokara Grey. The color is recognized by Resene, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #1C1208 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.